About four years ago we began looking at the future plans of Mission Discovery. Each year there have been about 15% added to the number of participants we take on mission trips. That number was shocking to us when we projected it out 10 years. We began to lay some groundwork for the coming of those participants. Several of those steps discussed 4 years ago have been implemented like adding 5 additional full time staff, moving our office from the donated space to an office that could handle the additional staff, setting regular planning days on the staff calendar, rotation of board members to a 3 year term, and installing new board members with guardedness in vision and planning.
During many hours of planning with our staff and Board, we have come to the point of listing 4 priorities for the growth of Mission Discovery. Today one of the staff asked a question that I have asked myself for several weeks. "How large do we want to grow?"
During Christmas vacation that question came to the front of my mind and David and Goliath's meeting came to mind as well. Remember it? Little boy (David) meets big big man (Goliath). There were some exchanges of words and then David flung one of a few stones and nailed the giant right above the snoz. Killed him dead.
David was excellent with a sling shot, able to kill birds in the field and other moving animals. The giant was a piece of cake for David.....because....he provided a bigger target.
The coming growth of Mission Discovery in a way is like that giant, though not evil, it provides for us a bigger target to hit. Hard to miss. We expect some problems associated with growth, but we feel confident that God will show us these giants off in the distance so we can prepare our stones.
I find it interesting that it was the first stone that clocked the giant, but David had a few back-up stones. Unused as far as this story goes, but yet reported in the scripture. Insights welcomed on this point.
Facing a giant today....remember it's just a bigger target...at least you can see it! Prepare.
During many hours of planning with our staff and Board, we have come to the point of listing 4 priorities for the growth of Mission Discovery. Today one of the staff asked a question that I have asked myself for several weeks. "How large do we want to grow?"
During Christmas vacation that question came to the front of my mind and David and Goliath's meeting came to mind as well. Remember it? Little boy (David) meets big big man (Goliath). There were some exchanges of words and then David flung one of a few stones and nailed the giant right above the snoz. Killed him dead.
David was excellent with a sling shot, able to kill birds in the field and other moving animals. The giant was a piece of cake for David.....because....he provided a bigger target.
The coming growth of Mission Discovery in a way is like that giant, though not evil, it provides for us a bigger target to hit. Hard to miss. We expect some problems associated with growth, but we feel confident that God will show us these giants off in the distance so we can prepare our stones.
I find it interesting that it was the first stone that clocked the giant, but David had a few back-up stones. Unused as far as this story goes, but yet reported in the scripture. Insights welcomed on this point.
Facing a giant today....remember it's just a bigger target...at least you can see it! Prepare.
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