We just got done meeting with our Director of Global Missions at the church. She just got back from Central Asia and while she was there, she met with some of the people who will be key players in our trip in June-July. It was great to hear that we should be able to have internet access for our computer training, which will be a huge asset in helping us to be able to offer more skills to those we're training as well as be active in future trips by being able to "meet" from the United States if possible/necessary.
Our trip will be the first of several more trips in which we'll be teaching computer skills to believers in the area who will be assisting in church plants. The goal is to be able to give the church planters the necessary skills to be able to train others. We'll give them some of the basics while we're there, then the team going back this fall will be able to build off what we're teaching them, and so on. We're hoping to have at least a three-year partnership with the people of Kyrgystan and this has been a need that many of the people over there have asked for so this helps build relationships. Praise God!
Since internet will be so accessible, and since we will probably not be able to go back on most of the subsequent trips, we're excited that we can at least be available to stream video through Skype if need-be to help facilitate more training in the future.
Giving believers these skills will give them opportunities to take what they learn into the surrounding areas and villages to teach others how to use computers and to share Christ with them in the process. And since the ability to use a computer is such a desired skill set, this will be a great bridge to build future relationships. We're excited about the possibilities for the people we'll teach to branch out and teach others who will, in turn, teach others. We can't wait!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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