June 2013 Council Agenda - International Pentecostal Holiness ...

CONTINUED COACHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITINERATING MISSIONARIES
E-mail update and report from Danny and Judith Williams:
Dear Steve,
I wanted to drop you a note to let you know how much
we appreciate the coaching sessions that were
provided for us. We began the last week of December
with our interview and then as you know on the 31st of
December Danny's son passed away of a sudden
heart attack. After two difficult weeks of dealing with
the shock and the family issues we had our first coaching session. This was very helpful in
dealing with the grief of such a sudden loss of a child.
We continued our sessions about every two weeks with the main goal of support raising and
learning how to do better in this area. I was very impressed with the way we were
encouraged to think through each stage and to study what God's Word states. It was very
beneficial to me (Judith) to get this deep in my spirit as well as taking the intimidation out of
asking individuals. We learned much about individual presentations (Danny) and have made
several which resulted in our largest single donor thus far of $500.00 monthly. We also
increased our incoming support by around $1,000 during the coaching sessions. To God be
the Glory.
Thank You for investing in us and for believing in us.
Blessings,
Judith Williams
Dear Steve,
Just a note to talk about the coaching sessions with Advance Global Coaching.
These were both challenging and enjoyable. Since I chose to center on working towards
getting individual approaches to giving to mission's, specifically, our mission endeavors. This
became very timely. We did not have individuals to talk to when we began, but had some
that seemed interested. I really did not know the best approach; felt individual presentations
were much too confrontational. I had 10 years sales experience in the secular world and
knew I could "pressure" people into closing the sale. I did not want this approach. The coach
helped me work through this process to take the "pressure" out of the presentation. Really it
boiled down to an upfront approach, asking people to join our finance team that removed
a lot of the pressure right up front. Also, we worked through a better presentation, filling in all
the necessary ingredients to effective communication.
It was also during this time my middle son died suddenly with a heart attack. He had an
enlarged heart and no one knew about, including him. We were able to talk through our
grief. This was an "immense" help at the time. Also, Judith had some family issues she needed
some "coaching" on and the coach helped her find the best solution for her.
The coach never "told" us what to do, only worked with us to find our right solutions.
This was so helpful, helping us think through these things more intensely. By the way, we
picked up an extra $1000.00 per month with individual and church contributors coming in
through this more direct approach.
Thanks, to you and World Missions Ministries for such a valuable help.
Blessings on this Glorious Day in Yahshua HaMasiach!
Danny M. Williams
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