Some good bike rides

Over the past few months, I’ve taken the opportunity to take some visitors on bike rides. It’s been a great way to talk and also a great way to get the blood flowing.

With Chris

Chris is the SIM Zonal coordinator for East Africa and was the South Sudan Director for a good number of years before that. He and his wife Bev, have been our mentors the past two years as part of SIM's Leadership Development program. This two year program pairs up mentors with new leaders within the mission, to walk with them as they grow into their new role and responsibilities. It has been such a blessing to us, and especially John, to come to grips with 'being director' and all that it entails!  In May we will graduate from this program and then Karine and I will be appointed two new leaders from within the SIM community to mentor and develop over the next two years. It is great to work with an organisation that helps it's leaders grow in such a tangible way!

With Bruce

Bruce is the current SIM USA Director. Bruce came with a small team late last year to visit our SIM USA missionaries and also work on promotions material for use in the USA. We were really glad he could also invest into our leadership team with excellent teaching on strategy development for SIM Ecuador. 

With Phil

Phil, a fellow Aussie, was part of the team that came for the review of SIM Ecuador in March. Phil and his family were missionaries in Peru for many years and he and his wife are now based in SE Asia. We are trying to work on strategy for the next number of years and this review process, mandated through an initiative of SIM International every 10-15 years, will help guide us for years to come. 

Mattias

Mattias loves to get on the bike for an adventure, even better when we get all muddy. At nine, he is funny, mischievous, inquisitive and good fun to be around. We love to watch Star Wars together, build Lego together and I occasionally still win a board game against him.