Guest speakers at tonight's World Mission Fellowship meeting were Lieut-Colonels Ian and Sonja Southwell. Together they have served 20 years overseas on the mission field in countries such as Hong Kong, Korea, The Philippines and Zambia, recently returning from service at Interational Headquarters. Their wide international service experience prepared them well for traveling the Army world as part of their recent appointments as Secretaries for International Training and Leader Development. What an inspiration to hear of the many and varied opportunities afforded them in their roles of training and educating officer and soldier leaders. How we praise God for His equipping through their giftedness!
I shouted out a hearty Amen to their appointment vision statement ~ "Every Salvationist leader learning life-long to be more competent, confident and Christlike."
Now, we pray that Lieut-Colonels Ian and Sonja might continue to enjoy the ministry opportunities afforded to them in their retirement. Whatever they do and wherever they may be in Christ's name, we are confident that God will competently lead the way as He has done many times before.
2 Corinthians 3:4-5 (NIV) ~ "Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God."
