9ème jour à Abidjan / 9th day in Abidjan

This morning I did some translating for the Rugby Team of Uganda. 

They are here for a tournament

but can't play because the field wasn't prepared. 

Further they don't speak a word of French and so 

have the hardest time getting transportation, buying water .... 

Now I need to get back to the management of the Vineyard leaders training. 

Rugby Team of Uganda

The two weeks so far have been very good. We've been able to model, teach, relate and share. As in many trainings - "what you see is not what you get". Now don't take it in the negative - we really saw the opposite ... there is so much we don't see - so much potential 

which each leader has and is developing!! 

So - now after translating - I see I can even learn from rugby :

This one rule of rugby could be helpful for leaders: 

Passing: The ball may be passed to any other player. However, it may only be passed laterally or backward, never forward. Players pass the ball to an open teammate to keep it in play and further advance it.

I'm sure the Kingdom of God would advance like this - one plays in teams, there is no attack forward - each move is passed, the game is continueous, the advance is to pass laterally or even backward. 

We have been doing quite some of that here too. We partner, become friends - is like passing laterally. Then we pass backward - we look into our family history - forgive those that have hurt and wounded us. Then we attack ... as a team, as partner - with the goal in sight!