...having Sue Todd and Jen Harmenzon (who bless our lives in significant ways!) here for a week of DC/WLM has only strengthened the need for a profound change/infusion of new thinking and creative additions (and some deletions) to this "event/relationship" commonly called mentoring.
...Judy and I enjoy the deepening friendship, the challenging interaction (which goes both ways) and stimulating conversation, and the sacred privilege of watching them take some growth steps in all seven dimensions of their remarkable lives
...they arrived somewhat hanging on, needing rest, renewal and refocusing...which is all taking place via DC/WLM
...Tuesday morning, Jen's first mug of English Breakfast Tea was served in a mug that had this imprinted on it
"...just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly..."
...when she read the inscription, she glanced at Sue with a very knowing smile, for that is a profound metaphor (not just a warm fuzzy, gooey/chewey platitude) for the work they do with severely disenfranchised women and children (yup! there is more of this going on than what you will be comfortable knowing...BUT...need to know...and sit in the discomfort) caught in drug addiction and sex trafficking in Canada, the US of A and Thailand..and the increasing influence they have in other places on this planet (a surprise to their own souls...but not to those of us who know them)
...in two brief days (so glad we've got them here through Sunday) we've only scratched the surface on DC/WLM. Already a new freedom is beginning to flow in how these good women are looking at their life, and the lives they touch by intention and in unexpected moments in time
...stories are emerging, both personal and from their ministry, which has parts to it that simply defy description
...but isn't freedom why Jesus was sent by the Father, and why this Father and Son left their Spirit with us?
...didn't Jesus come to set the captives free?
...and that's not only disenfranchised women and children
...it's every man and women I also know
...you and me
...what will we do about that for others?
...and for ourselves?
...where are you being held captive?
...there is somewhere
...and that is one of the major thrusts of DC/WLM
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