Ken Yu

"Modeling servant leadership and equips others in a God-given direction through Christlike character, leadership capability, and love"

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• Goals

1. Because I need to learn how to lead and develop people to work in a cross cultural environment

2. I will recruit, train, lead people for a STM to Xi'an China

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• Strategies

1. Mentor and I (and college ministry mentors) will come up with a list of potential STM participants

2. Mentor and I will develop and improve on existing training material for STM

3. I will partner with mission committee to recruit and evaluate applicants, but will be point person in contacting each prospective team members

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• Resources

1. Ministry mentor and I will review existing training material 

2. College minister and I will review resources from organizations such as IMB to incorporate into our current training

3. I will review OMF resources to add to training

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• Measures

1. Evaluate with team members and ministry mentor the STM at end of trip (June 23 but on going)

2. I will produce a copy of new training material (February 2017)

3. I will take pictures of the Xi'an trip to document our work and also by writing a report to present to the missions pastor and the missions committee (met with mission committee June 30, 2017)

4. The number of people recruited for the STM will also help confirm goals (4 recruited)

5. Number of times gospel is shared while on the STM 

 

• Overall Reflection Statement for Servant Leadership 

 For my competence in Servant Leadership, I am submitting pictures, evaluations and video which will demonstrate my  experience in leading a short term mission team.  We were able to evangelize and connect local seekers with leaders from  a local student fellowship.  This apparently has never been done in our church's previous trips to China.  Since our return,  we have communicated with the student we have we connected with local believers.  I would say this is a big success

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•  Artifacts 

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• Learning Reflection

As I developed and demonstrated servant leadership, I learned that meeting the expectations of the various personality types is very challenging.  I am doing my best learning to provide better feedback and managing expectations.  Taking part in an STM vs leading one is very different.  I learned how to think for the team instead of planning what I need to do.  When I communicate with them better, it gives them assurance and build better trust.  

 

As I learn to lead better, managing expectations on a mission team was a big lesson learned. Being concise, persistent and open is paramount to being a good leader that I learned.  There is no way for me to build trust if I can not forthright with my team.  Also, how I say something is just as important as what I say.

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•  Lifelong Development Statement

As a result of the experiences documented by these artifacts, I will continue to develop in servant leadership by improving on the frequency in communicating news to my team.  I now know it is imperative for the team to be informed as soon as  possible.   This will minimize confusion.

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