Character First

A child in one of our Children's Homes is congratulated for her academic accomplishments by Christian Action Executive Committee members and supporters.Hi - and I hope you have had a wonderful celebration over the Easter weekend!

Last week was short but busy for us at Christian Action.  For the first time, we ran an established program called 'Character First.'  This is a two-day course with teaching, workshops, times of sharing, etc - all aimed at distilling 49 good character traits such as tolerance, patience, loyalty and so on.  While it is not 'religious', it is based on the biblical principles of learning how to be good people.

The two trainers who came from Malaysia have accreditation in running this course, but because they are friends of mine they didn’t charge Christian Action any fees.

We believe the course will not only result in better service as we work together, but will also extend into all areas of our lives, showing us how to be better parents, better husbands, wives, friends, and so on.

Management staff will pass these principles on to the staff in their own departments, not only by their words, but particularly by their own example.

Of course this means that I too must set an example of someone who has good character traits!  I find that very scary, so if you are a praying person, please pray for me!

My dream is to also establish this kind of training in our orphanages, so that all the children in our care learn to develop these excellent character traits while they are still very young.  I'm sure you will agree that the world would be a better place even if we all had only two of those excellent character traits - patience and tolerance!

Thank you so much for keeping this work in your thoughts and prayers.

Comments

[Ophelia]

Very good!