Well we have had our wrap up and are pleased with what we achieved as a team. These types of mini workshop/projects/negotiations are both exhausting and rewarding at the same time. When the team clicks and this one did it becomes a little tribe for the time we are together. Whats more this tribe had a high proportion of christians and a bunch of us even went to church together last Sunday. There is a hollow feeling though at the end of the week when we have all split up to go back to our respective countries and families (can't wait to see mine on Sunday) that always disturbs me. I know I will be over it in a day or two but in between I feel quite lost and even a bit abandoned.
Someone asked me recently what I enjoy about my role and I said the relationships as that was what came to mind. I realise today that this is actually true which comes as a surprise because I have always been a bit of a loner. I can only speculate that the way God has been working in my life has brought about this change. It has been subtle and it has been due also to the acceptance I have found since being in KL both within my work and home community. I can see where being more involved in this way can better impact teams and my own performance.
In a way it is a little like serving or at least that is what I hope it is leading to. If we can serve each other better in the course of our relationships both at work and at home we can begin to enjoy them far more than when we just try and serve ourselves. One of the feedbacks we got was that this team was so different to the last one as noone was beating their own drum or playing politics and that was true. I like to think that our beliefs which do imprint on our personalities and ways of working was the thing that made the difference.
Thanks God for giving me this experience and please bring Sigrun,Kirsten and Declan home safely.
thanks all for your kind words, at my age though I try to be low key about birthdays ;-p
Posted by: DB | August 28, 2004 at 06:05 PM
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It has been both joy and blessing to have known you better and having you and your family with us in KL....Happy Birthday TO you!
Posted by: lmc | August 28, 2004 at 02:44 PM
Happy Birthday ... Mate! This post is a great encouragement to see how "kingdom values" like servanthood and thus making music together rather noise (as in beating our own drums!)REALLY does make a difference in the REAL world :-)
Posted by: Sivin Kit | August 28, 2004 at 11:44 AM
28 Aug: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DB!
Not nice to spend your special day getting home, but I suppose life is about the journey home-
We love you and Kirsten is bursting at the seams to see you again...
Posted by: SB | August 28, 2004 at 09:10 AM