Today on Seth Godin's blog, he said:
It's tempting to decide to make a profit first, then invest in
training, people, facilities, promotion, customer service and most of
all, doing important work. In general, though, it goes the other way.
Yes, it does. If you are waiting to make a profit before you do these things, in my experience you're not going to make a profit. So many organizations, ministries and churches are struggling with financial issues. I know your pain. As anyone who follows our story knows, our ministry was in a ton of debt four years ago when I came on as director. Since that time, we've gotten out of debt and turned a profit every year. God has done
amazing things through out team, for which we give Him the glory!
I find that what Seth is saying here is absolutely true, with one disclaimer. For Christian leaders, spiritual disciplines must always be first. Before we started investing and training and all of that, seeking God for his blessing and…
The first two days at the conference I had the privilege of speaking to the nation's women's leaders. I just adore these women. I made so many friends and can't wait to see them again!
The national women's director, Mama Taifa (pronounced "Tie-eee-fa") prepares to introduce Barb Kuert who will introduce me to the women's leaders.
The women I spoke to were national leaders, sectional leaders, presbyter's wives, and pastor's wives.
The women that you see to my right are the national executives' wives, as well as Mama Taifa - the national women's director.
The ladies listened with rapt attention to every word I had to say. (Um, can we bring them to America?! ha ha No seriously 98% of my ladies here listen too and are just incredible, and for the 2% who don't, they are just do-do heads anyway...)
Waiting for the interpreter to finish so I could continue with my point...
I absolutely loved teaching these women and getting to know them. They brought such joy to my heart!!!
Explaining another point to my interpreter to have them get it across to the ladies in a way they could understand.
Me with one of my interpreters, Mama Joshua. Someone would always be assigned to sit by me and interpret for me what the speaker was saying.
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Do the Kuerts happen to have a son named Jon? I used to work very closely with a guy named Jon Kuert when I organized the NCU missions trips.