"Advocates of Change"

This evening I'm reading "Anthropology for Christian Witness" by Charles Kraft and these things stood out to me on advocating change. Maybe you can apply some of these things to your life : ) Note: This is straight from the book.

* Persons from outside a society cannot implement change within that society.

* Outsiders can only recommend. They may, however, recommend persuasively. We call such recommenders advocates.

* Those who respond positively to the recommendations of outsiders are called acceptors.

*Acceptors, as soon as they put the change into practice, become implementors or innovators (Barnett).

* Implementors who get excited about a change and recommend it to others (either by word or deed) become advocates within their societies.

Who/What are you an advocate for?

Prayer

(Picture: Taken in the beautiful and free Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.)

Crazy to think but the end of the quarter has come! The pressure is on and new classes will begin on Monday.

If you are close with me then you know that I start doing things at the last minute when the pressure is higher and then I can whip through it. Since its the end of the quarter, I see in my syllabus' that I have 14 assignments to complete along with 5.5 books to read. Yeah. It's slightly intense. As I type, I'm procrastinating while at the same time glad that I've completed 17 assignments and have read 5 or 6 books.

Praise: Friends, family and churches have began partnering with me in prayer, encouragement and financially. Wow! What a blessing it has been! Thank you all for your continuous love that you show! Also, a praise is meeting so many new people from all over that are focused in having a hand in Bible translation. Its been a praise to have housemates and friends that that have vehicles so that I can groceries, see TX and go to church. Thank God for amazing classes that have taught me so much and continue to broaden my understanding.

Prayer Requests: Pray for more people to become aware about the people groups around the world who do not have the Bible. The past few weeks I have become aware of many friends that are dealing with some major things in their lives that have become pressing, pray for healing and strength. Pray for more partners. Pray for steadfastness and understanding as I complete the remaining 14 assignments. Pray for my teammates as some are pregnant, in language school, back in Asia from being here to welcome their first grandchild and working on building relationships and the future direction of the team.