We arrived at The Welcoming Place between 3:00 and 5:00 and settled into the place that will be our base for the next two week. We love the simple decor themed on Middle Eastern and European culture. We enjoyed taco soup and salad, washed dishes, and headed for a meeting room down the path from the house.
From 6:30 to 9:30, we sat with Matt King from Elmherst, New York, who introduced to us to foundational concepts of team building and understanding cultures. He coached us in role playing activities where we tried hard to learn the aspects of the foreign cultures we encountered. We learned that personality, spiritual gifts, and past experiences shape us and influence the way we contribute to a team. Identifying and understanding those elements in others helps us value them instead of dismiss them as irrelevant or annoying.
We had fresh cookies and tea before calling it the first day.
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