International Business as Mission Training Members Return from Cambodia
Personal reflection from Alena--participant in IBAM course who attended the Cambodia field trip. She has started an outdoor adventure business and is committed to bringing social, spiritual and economic transformation for the Kingdom through her business.Having returned from my field trip in Cambodia I realize that business in my understanding is really about distributing wealth, demonstrating goodness,revealing the goodness and glory of God to every level of our society. One of the businesses we visited in Cambodia showed very clearly that we reveal the Creator in the quality of our work, just as the Creator has revealed Himself in the quality of His work. People get changed and societies transformed by realizing and applying this in real life situations and issues.
It is required of us that we think creatively in this issue, and find new keys of understanding from the scriptures. Our lives are stretched while working out how to handle the different tensions in the business world. In my experience, it requires strength and endurance to do this. Yet through this the power of God can flow and produce productivity, success and social change.
Taking part in the IBAM course helps me to put my finger on these issues and helps me to integrate these important values and principles into my business. By having a business that organizes outdoor activities in the north of Norway, I aim to bring forth social change and growth in the community. Empowering and training locals in different life management areas such as responsibility, leadership and decision-making do this. Before It ended to think that it is all about the transportation of God from one place to another, while it is more about the identification of a God who is already there. I am glad to be able to see and observe this today, through the field trip and being here in Thailand.
Labels: 20 and 30 Somethings, Recruitment and Job Opportunities, Training the Next Generation, YWAM
