A few weeks back I attended a team leader summit in Beijing, and maybe the most worthwhile thing from the whole weekend sprung from a simple question:

What first drew you to team leading?

Here’s a compilation of the answers my colleagues and I gave, and it pretty much sums up why I said to a friend at dinner tonight that I pretty much have my dream job.

Mentoring, nurturing people, being involved in an environment for growth, seeing development and change in others, seeing our Father work in big ways, challenge of personal growth through leading, being a part of changed lives, influencing beyond the people I can touch personally, multiplying, part of a generation that pours into others, influence through equipping, inspiring people towards living for the kingdom, giving other overseas workers a good start, seeing the necessity of good leaders, the variety of roles in team leading, making use of varied skills and passions, continuity at the school, building community, the impact of living intentionally as a community, preparation and training for the next thing in life, working together for a common goal, having to rely on Him because it’s a job that is way over my head, obedience

If I could write a job description out of thin air, you just looked at it. And I wanted to post it here basically to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to each one of you who has sacrificed something to allow me to be here, loving others and loving what I do.

This is sort of a follow-up from my previous post on team leading.