pre-trip: Team Training (and multiplica multiplicadores)

Saturday was our all-day training for the trip. We met up at Justin and Ana's house in the morning and discussed everything from cultural differences to packing lists.

We also received our trip schedule from our friends in Mexico; it looks like we'll be doing outreach both on campus and in some open Plazas that people enjoy spending time in during the evenings. It's a good opportunity for the new church to build relationships with their neighbors, though we may encounter less English-speakers.

We also got a look at the church's evangelism/discipleship strategy, called "Multiplica Multiplicadores." It's similar in structure to the Discovery Bible Study Method that Fellowship has been learning about lately. What this method is, is a Evangelistic Bible study method that allows rapid church-planting growth and equips new believers to share their faith and build community almost immediately. The goal is to spend an evening in a person's home, taking them and their family/friends through a Bible Study that focuses on the Gospel and then Discipleship. These types of methods are being used with amazing effectiveness in community-based cultures all over the world. I am super excited to have our team take part in this strategy. Check out this link if you want to look at the materials they use (it's in Spanish though).