Three members of our chaplaincy team are expecting to travel with a Disaster Recovery Team to Leyte. This will probably be the first of many trips. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
Also, please remember those in Zamboanga struggling in relocation centers because of the violence there, and those still reeling from the earthquake in Bohol. There are many needs but also many opportunities to serve and help.
Crisis Care with focus on Children will be held during the week of Nov 18, also at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. This training will also be led by Bukal Life Care. Exact times to be determined. Again, focus is on DR team preparing to leave, but others are welcome.
1. Keep those in the Visayas in prayer who are in the process of weathering the Supertyphoon Yolanda. Some in this area have also had been through a major earthquake recently.
2. Thanks to Sr. Angie in leading a dental/optical mission to Bagulin, La Union. Thanks also to Ptr. Mateo for hosting our team. Thanks for resource assistance from Aquashine and Dr. Alex Alcantara. And thanks to all of the team volunteers for the sacrifice of time and skill.
3. BOT meeting is planned for November 15th 11am to 1:30pm. Tentative location is Cafe Will in Baguio City.
4. Mid-November… Half unit of CPE anticipated led by Joyce Gray.
5. Mid-January… Half unit of CPE anticipated led by Celia Munson.
6. Mid-January… CPO will begin at PBTS led by Joyce Gray.
7. Mid March… CPSP Annual meeting in the US. At least two expected to attend from our group. Maybe more.
8. Late March… CPE Summer intensive (full unit) expected to start.
9. Also note: We have been asked to do crisis care in multiple locations. Please pray with us in how or if we can help in these place.
Here are a few updates for the upcoming weeks.
1. November 7. Dental and Eye Mission. Bagulin, La Union.
2. November 8-9. Global Leadership Summit-Manila
3. November 11-12. Final Evals, CPE Batch 2013-4 <Celia’s Group>
3. November 15. Board of Trustees Annual Meeting
4. <Mid-November> CPE Batch 2013-5 <Joyce’s Group>
5. January 21. Clinical Pastoral Orientation (8 weeks) begins
6. March 24. CPE Summer Intensive begins
Other News
A. We will begin our monthly training mini-workshops in December. These will be 1.5 to 2.5 hour evening workshops with focus on pastoral skills. These we anticipate will normally be held at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary.
B. Congratulations to Becky Taylor as she assumes the role of Office Manager for our ministry office at PBTS.
C. Looking to have a refresher training in Disaster Response Crisis Care Training in the next few months.
Here’s a quick question:
What percentage of returned missionaries and aid workers report psychological disorders during their time overseas or shortly after their return? What do you think? About a quarter, a third, half, two thirds, three quarters?
According to a 1997 study conducted by Debbie Lovell-Hawker of Oxford University, the answer is “about half.” More precisely, Lovell-Hawker’s findings show that among the returned missionaries and aid workers she studied,
46% reported that they had experienced a clinically diagnosed psychological disorder either while working overseas or shortly after returning to the United Kingdom.
Before I went overseas, I would have guessed much lower than half, but after I first heard this statistic referenced in a debriefing I attended, in my mind, the number began to grow much higher than 46%. Statistics have a way of doing that.
Lovell-Hawker’s research included 145 aid and development workers and missionaries from 62 organizations. Though…
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2013 Annual Viola and William Farrell Symposium on Pastoral Care & Counseling. At Philippine Children’s Medical Center. October 25-26, Quezon City. See Flyer.
Celia Munson, Training Coordinator of Bukal LIfe Care, led the first half of a morning seminar at Benguet State University on Child Abuse. It was done for the Education majors at the school. The second half was led by Atty Angiwan. Approximately 170 attended. The powerpoint is in the Training Aids section of http://www.bukallife.org. Thanks to Prof. Marcy Bolona, and others of the Education department for inviting us and making us feel so welcome.
While four of us (Celia, Bob, Alexis, and Fhey) were at this, others from our group were at the PMHA-led training on depression, held at Benguet General Hospital. A good day for learning overall.
CPE Batch 2013-5 will be starting later this year. Estimated date for start will be mid-November.
Bukal LIfe Care & Counseling Center is a certified CPE training center of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP, http://www.pastoralreport.org).
Celia Munson, Training Coordinator and Pastoral Counselor with Bukal Life Care was invited to speak at “Area 1 Vocational Rehabilitation Center” (AVRC) for their Family Thanksgiving Celebration. The topic was on Unity/Solidarity of family and members with disabilities. The center presently has 57 trainees with sensory or physical disabilities. The center, operated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, trains people with disabilities in numerous areas including tailoring, hairdressing, massage, computer, food service, and more.
Approximately 100 attended this event. We have worked with AVRC before and it was an honor to be invited again. Celia spoke on issues of family dynamics as well as a number of group activities to show the importance of healthy family cohesion and flexibility.
Nice thoughts on important relationships based on:
Leonard Sweet. 11 indispensable relationships you can’t be without. Eastbourne: David Cook 2008.
P D Stanley, J R Clinton Connecting. Colorado Springs: Navpress 1992.
This is our 100th blog post, mere newcomers compared to many, but we are encouraged to get to this marker post still being enthusiastic about what we are doing! There was always the slight fear that it would become just one more thing on the to-do list. We thought and prayed about what to write about as well as whether or not we should mark 100. WordPress helpfully tells you what number post the lastest one has been – otherwise we would have no idea!
What we have decided to talk about is significant relationships which in part has been inspired by reading Stanley and Clinton’s book Connecting many, many years ago and more recently Leonard Sweet’s book, 11 indispensable relationships you can’t be without.
what had we done, what would be good to reflect about on this marker? We have gone for significant relationships. Last year, Paul, inspired by books…
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