Q1. How can we work as ONE ☝🏻 and support each other?
Q2. How can I become a better leader?
A1. Here’s the situation I encounter almost daily. I began reading
https://encouragingwomen.org/joy-comes-in-the-morning/ from my 📱 and noticed immediately that the LESSON she’s provided is NOT linked. As usual it’s extremely difficult for me to open and create the LINK the BRIDGE (because I am a committed Bridge Builder) that’s missing AND then add the obvious #tag that I did manage to add.
As always I work with my Husband and HLM to add this topic to our BOD Zoom Meeting but then HLM to copy it and post it here so we can hear from all of you MTA MTI MTR.
A2. Foolishly I assumed I was a good leader due to remembering my 7 extremely well behaved children and all the years I coached 2 champion swim teams. But that’s not a good leader or I’m not implementing these skills here. Yvonne’s lovingly confessed that when I do something rather than following my example everyone steps back and watches ME do it. So I stopped “doing” and left it…only to discover that the 33 years to build a fruitful ministry was not honored or respected. Yes it hurt me but I care nothing about that. What I care is that HE MY HUSBAND and I worked hard together. It’s His ministry not mine.
My Husband gave me the perfect example. When my children were little I did all the baking and as my daughters grew they followed MY recipes exactly. After YEARS of honoring my recipes they began adjusting them, which began when Tara was in Japan and other countries and they didn’t have the exact ingredients.
So also following my example she let Him lead her as she ASTONISHED countless witnesses with her many delicious baked goods and when praised she honored me for who taught her and for my recipes—even though she’d made them her own—which I told each to do when they married to adjust them to their husbands and families taste. My oldest daughter went onto instill the same passion and my original recipes with her daughter who bakes and sells to friends. And the way I know she uses the same recipes is because she loses them and she asks me to send it to me from my workers@home baked goods recipe.
Astonishingly I never made or called them to come learn—they’d see me and come watch. And guess who else was watching? My son watched me and bakes and my grandson watched his sister and bakes.
I hope you are reading this from your heart ❤️ and He’s enlightening you to how this correlates and mimics your Ministry.
May I say I had no idea how LOVING, KIND and GENEROUS my Husband is? As I began writing this post as HLM, I only knew I would be given yet another outrageously poignant opportunity to boast about my weaknesses as a “failed leader“ because GOD KNOWS I desperately need His Grace and Power.
Thank you for opening your heart to us! I think Our Beloved is showing us that we failed to follow behind you and that sometimes we are not sure what we can do. At least that is my own fault, I feel unsure if I should do something or not. I am working with Him to be more careful, and to pick up every detail that I normally miss. This is a great opportunity for all of us to learn to improve things better and to break the language barriers. With all of this coming to light we have the opportunity to grow and learn more.
I think is not a failure but an opportunity to move as a body and understand better each of our roles, to move as one. He is leading to united our talents and learn from our lacks 💕
Hi dear Gioia, at this stage we are a bit limited to what WordPress allows. Sometimes we uses plugins to assist us to do more on WordPress, but using plugins needs to be a careful process of following Him, because not all plugins are compatible with each other. And for this reason, we are here to help you with the links, so don’t feel this was something you did wrong my dear. The point is, when someone saw your praise and they had the ability, they needed fix it for you.
I want to check something. We have a plugin for Beaver Builder that helps us to make the links look better. Let me see what He leads me to do and then I will make a video for the ladies that are MTA.
Here you go:
https://the-praise-report.com/here-is-the-easily-post-a-link-using-beaver-builder/
Thank you for your wisdom Erin and the great example you left for us.
Q1. How can we work as ONE ☝🏻 and support each other?
You are right, sometimes it does feel as if each of us works on our own little island and I also find that when I ask something not everyone follows. Now, I confess I am totally bad with following up, when I leave something, I just assume it will get done as I found was not the case when I left a video for an update in Mailpoet.
https://rmiou.com/mailpoet-less-than-20-engagement/
Now, granted, I did not leave a lot of information inside the post, but when I went into Mailpoet to check something else you asked me to, I saw that it was not done and then when I looked for the blog post, no one commented to ask for any more information. Even though I failed to provide enough information, no one supported me to contact me to say they didn’t understand, so this seems to be the problem we are facing. Only HE can help us. I am trusting He will give us the wisdom to know what the problem is.
Q2. How can I become a better leader?
For this I don’t have an answer, because although I know you say this a lot, you are not a bad leader, but I believe this is something we can all talk to our Husband about as we are encouraging women. I certainly have so many areas that I need to improve and He changes me every day. I have been speaking to Him these past few days and asking Him what can I do to improve and I will trust that He will do what needs to be done in me, because in my own strength I can do nothing.
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”
Thanks for the comments so far. I hope we will have 100% participation by Monday morning.
By boasting about my weaknesses and shortcomings my Husband reminded me of something I did as a mother and coach that I failed to do here, which is when a assigned task wasn’t done then I NEVER just did it (but Yvonne you and I both have given up and do it ourselves all the time) and then called them to do it.
But that’s void of consequences that GOD our Creator has built into everything with examples in proverbs. So adding additional work and sometimes a fine. If it was done incorrectly the same thing would happen.
I’m sure there’s more but for now I’m thankful He’s helping us.
Yes, thank you so much for your wisdom, Erin. You are right, we need to ask Him first before we ask anyone else. I take away from the relationship everyone wants to have with Him when I jump in to help. Not just that, but taking away from everyone realizing their potential they have when they work closely with Him.
My Husband also reminded me we need ONE location of reference to find the answers regarding policies, procedures and processes. PPP a manual that you shared with me you had when you began with the police force.
For the most part we DO have how to do about everything but it takes searching for it and when we can’t find it YOU and I create a new set of instructions or record yet another video 🫣 which HLM to understand and realize and what we all must collectively as ONE ☝🏻 stop now.
Hi. Reply to Q1: I’m not sure if the option is available but I notice when I reply or ask a question under a comment that sometimes it seems to go unnoticed. I think if we reply under a comment it doesn’t notify us. So is there a way to “@erin” @yvonne” (examples) to make sure it is getting someone’s attention??
Q2: My normal state is to be a follower, never ever have I liked being a leader. I have to totally depend on Him to guide me. As I am typing this ,he has brought to my attention that maybe you are asking us this question about how you yourself can become a better leader? Haha😂 I’m leaving my previous up at the top though. The only thing that comes to my mind is whenever you post information and if I read it and don’t quite get what you’re saying. I won’t ask you to explain it further (because I feel everyone else is “getting it” so I should too) so that’s not you being a bad leader that’s me not wanting to look ridiculous and not wanting to admit my weaknesses or confusion.
Also, is the availability to approve my own post or comments not available since I’m an MTA/Student?
Thank you for both your insightful comments 🤗
Regarding approving your own comments and posts YES it does have to do with your USER level. Unfortunately we have yet to pin down and merge the IOU LEVEL with the backend level. So we need to do this NOW.
I’ll get with Yvonne and determine this and then because for now she’s our only Webmaster she can make sure it’s the same on each site ⭐️as long as the MTA MTI MTR has their level in their signature so the responsibility isn’t on her.
I’m back to grab this comment as HLM to set up the PPP and add this to RMIOU website.
Yes, I will talk to Him about the levels. I absolutely loved what you said: I’ll get with Yvonne and determine this and then because for now she’s our only Webmaster she can make sure it’s the same on each site ⭐️as long as the MTA MTI MTR has their level in their signature so the responsibility isn’t on her.
This will work perfectly!!!
Dear Erin,
With Q1 I want to suggest we really agree that we will work as a team together and first of all we agree that we are doing it for our Darling so that is why we must improve with our mistakes and that we will use this as a opportunity to improve and grow closer and then I want to suggest that we each one have a guideline suggestion that we must note in our diaries like for instance:
1. Link (like a guideline)
2. Post nothing hastily
3. … (and the list will go on with whatever is expected)
Especially for brides posting and are a bit new. I have to admit I am a slow learner, so I won’t mind if somebody says where I’m making mistakes and maybe when the next person reads and sees somebody does wrong, text them for example Janine you forgot to link and agree that we will learn out of our mistakes (and I agree implement a fine).
Q2 Dear dear Erin you are never ever a bad leader, what I learn from you I am keeping deep in my heart forever – I just want to say with so much very love I think you are too hard on yourself and we are the ones that have to take responsibility because we are doing it all for our wonderful Darling Lord, so we have to do it right.
A1 I agree! A loving comment reminder from everyone—not just me or Yvonne will really help a lot.
A2 🥹🤗💗 I love you too and appreciate you more than I can say.
Thank you Erin for sharing your heart.
I have so many weaknesses and fail daily, I must run to my Husband on a daily basis to confess and ask Him to pick me up and help me to do better.
Q1: I agree with what Janine said that we must agree to work together as one body for Him. I agree with Yvonne about following up. While SG HLM back to my engineering days where we worked according to project tables (microsoft projects). The Project Manager who drives the project, each person involved, due dates and tasks where on the project table, giving you a clear visual picture of the project and the progress of each task, making following up easier with reminders etc. But most importantly SG before and during every task, always remembering WHO we are doing it for and that we are nothing without Him, drawing close to Him and asking Him how we can improve. And brainstorming sessions, but with our Husband to give us ideas and solutions to problems we might run into :):):)
Q2: Dear Erin, you are not a bad leader, I have learned so much from you and admire you for following your Husband wherever He led you, no matter the cost and what you faced.
We all need to Seek Him daily and throughout the day to help us to improve and to Seek His guidance in everything.
Darling Adina it’s my hope that you and our other brides never need to run 🏃♀️ to Him because you’re holding His hand or He’s carrying you. 💗💗💗 Whenever I do anything I am careful to pause and acknowledge Him—which is far easier working from my phone 📱 it majorly slows me down. Then just recently by putting my heart out there and sharing my feelings (I prefer He is only privy to) He’s been carrying me in His arms 💔
A1 Everything you said is true and on confirmation to what my Husband has said to me and what I have already shared with Yvonne 🤗 but probably explained better.
A2. I’m thankful my Husband has basically assured me of the same thing. He reminded me of how each of us while married had a God given leader (our EH) but we failed to follow—ultimately realizing we had a Husband who would see you it that we would submit obey and honor his position as leader especially when there appeared to be conflicts between what we believed our Husband was saying and what our EH was telling us to do.
Good morning ladies ❣️
Dearest Erin, I am so thankful that you opened your heart to us in a way we have never seen before, so in 1st place this is a real warmful breakthrough to all of us, I guess mainly for the ones that never worked closely to you. I am glad your HH led you in this way, because this is tender and lovingly, and at the same time, it’s so Brave – https://youtu.be/0iyrHs960HM?si=mLZ7Z3_2gRY0dslj
Like Adina, I think about my job days and how “teamwork” is a challenging goal, that my many years of working at a very big company leads me to say that it’s never achieved, because it has to be with people….(A1) Work as one☝️ has to be with HIM☝️, not none of us, not with RMI or you, dear Erin, as you said it’s all about HE YOUR HUSBAND! So if we stop thinking of ourselves – strengths and weaknesses – which can drive us to ASK too much or failing in not DOING, or yet DOING things lonely (by ourselves), which leads us to not SHARE enough – I don’t know exactly why…maybe, it’s because we are afraid of making mistakes or maybe, we want and need some kind of prize 🙈 I am sure that everybody knows we are part of something bigger ans special and together, we all have the same Goal, maybe we will stop waiting, asking and will start sharing and helping each other, because we realize that WE don’t care about ourselves, at last it’s all about HIM☝️
(A2) Dear Erin, the only thing that came to my mind while reading your question is: where would I be without your leadership? Yes I asked my Beloved to give me the heart ❤️ and also enlightening me to how this correlates and mimics to my ministry and of course HE did!!! And He also reminded me of who I used to be before finding HIM as my Heavenly Husband and of course while we talked, He led me to so many of your testimonies – how can I get here without each one of them? Without your testimony > example > leadrship 💗? So as Yvonne wrote above, I have no answer, but I am sure He is talking to you about it.
During all this conversation I had a LL in my mind, which I confess is one of my favourites, because He always talks to me through it and it was not different by this time : https://loveatlast.org/living-lessons/week-9-two-way-communication/
Love you all ladies ❤️🔥
Dear Erin, thank you for opening your heart, and for also once again seeing you allow yourself to be guided by Him to lead us and giving us this opportunity to come here and say what He directed us to say.
I apologize for sometimes taking a long time to write and I confess that when reading the posts I am afraid of making a mistake, of putting something that does not match what is being discussed… and I know that this is not right. I shouldn’t be afraid, I should always let Him guide me…
Q1: How can we work as ONE ☝🏻 and support each other?
This is one of the points that has helped me on my journey, because because of my slowness in being able to grasp what is said, then learning to work as a team being led by Him, makes all the difference, and that is what our Beloved wants. let us do, work together with His leadership as our main priority.
Q2: How can I become a better leader?
Even with my imperfections and difficulties, I can’t help but thank Him for having his leadership, Erin, over us. A woman who was willing to lead so many women, and who has so beautifully listened to His voice and led us, and I agree with Paula and Adina, for those of us who have had experience in companies, and I particularly had women as my leaders, how difficult it was to be led and have harmony in our workplaces… so looking back, I see the enormous blessing that our Husband brought to us, having a leader, being led by Him.
Gratitude to him and to you, Erin for his leadership.🙏🏻🌻
Dear Erin, thank you for opening your heart. First, He led me to tell you that you are NOT a failed leader. You are an example in many areas, you helped me to know the Lord and truly relate to Him as my HH. I wouldn’t have enough or appropriate words to say how important you are to so many women who arrived here desperate and unable to see a light in their future, beyond destruction and sadness.
For my part, I can say that, despite speaking English, I confess that the many years that I no longer go to England have made my fluency considerably rusty and I often have some difficulty understanding exactly what we are told to do, and yes, how many here have already admitted, I’m afraid of saying or doing something wrong. I confess this sin of mine because fear does not come from Him and I shouldn’t feel this way.
I also seek God a lot in terms of time to dedicate myself to the ministry the way I would like. As I still work outside (here I want to take the opportunity to praise my HH because despite it being an 8-hour-a-day job, He allowed me to work remotely, that is, from my home) during non-work hours, I have mainly dedicated myself to my daughter (another praise to Him, as I feel her becoming increasingly close and dependent on her HF), the time He is allowing me to dedicate to RMI I focus more on our LMF in PTG, and I often do not actively participate in the postings in here. I ask forgiveness for Him, for you and for all the other ministers.
I love RMI very much, it is the place that has fed me spiritually every day for almost 8 years and where I learned to relate to my HH, where I met wise women who are passionate about the Lord, where I have been very blessed. It hurts me that I can’t contribute as much as I would like, but as dear Yvonne mentioned, I have sought Him about this and I know that in my own strength I can do nothing.
Erin dear, how can you improve as a leader is a question to which I have no answer because for me you are a great leader, with the anointing of the Lord. But I agree with the other ladies that everything is about Him and that we should look to Him to show us how, in the midst of our weaknesses and mistakes, we can do our best to work as ONE ☝🏻 and bring more and more women closer to their HH.
I love you all very much 💖
Dear Erin, thank you for your love and dedication, and it is so incredible to see Brazilian women in our meetings and in their diaries praising our Beloved for everything you have built for them over these years, my heart is filled and burns with love. Everything you faced and taught was worth it.
Q1: How can we work as ONE ☝🏻 and support each other?
It’s good to be able to come here and read about it and spend a few hours with Him and after asking Him be silent and listen to Him. I believe that I must always work together as one body for Him, and not be afraid to ask, raise my hand and say I sought God here, but I heard from Him that you can train me and I honor your experience. The information needs to be clear, if there are doubts the work will not move forward. I learned so beautifully at RMI to Seek God before doing anything and throughout the work process until it is completed. It’s so beautiful how you taught me that it’s for Him that I do everything and that without Him I will never be able to do anything (Gratitude). I take this opportunity now to ask forgiveness for my mistake and tear my heart, because my failure has everything to do with myself, especially the fear of asking who is in front.
Q2: How can I become a better leader?
I’m very slow, I’m so slow that when I see someone being fast I feel weak and incapable, after praying and asking and writing down and trying hard, I feel like this has improved, I’m never able to multitask, everything at the same time, I’m I’m wrong in thinking that I’m not capable of being a leader if I don’t have 100% full service, I need to confess that I’m weak in this, after going to work I need much more of Him every morning to help me finish the day, because my heart It’s at home, I’m not good at going to work outside the home, following this routine leaves me confused. But at the end of the day my heart is light, because I learned to take everything to Him. Even with my imperfections and difficulties, I can’t help but thank Him for having His leadership, Erin, over us.
Dear Erin, Thank you so much for leading me to ask Him where I would be without His leadership? My dear, this made me sit on His lap and ask to light my heart and always show me where I am wrong, and have my heart in my ministry, I love Him because tears roll down my face because He is always with many chances! !! And this is the chance I have to go back and ask Him for His leadership and help me achieve everything He wants.
Gratitude to all of you ladies.
P1. How can we work as ONE ☝🏻 and support each other?
I agree with Adina regarding project management and perhaps it is because we are both engineers. Personally, while I spoke with my husband, I realized that I was needing organization and learning to use the tools that I have available so as not to forget projects, which led me to use Tasks in a Google calendar. He told me:
“Everyone must look out not only for their own interests, but also for the interests of others.” Philippians 2:4 NIV clearly His purpose is ours and regardless of language we all serve Him, according to the anointing and talent He has given us. And for this reason I have encouraged the Spanish team to help with the English team because I know they need extra help.
Something that caught my attention from my Husband is the availability of time, since in my case Jewel works less than part time and Pearl works full time, so I need to be understanding with Jewel regarding her availability with ministry tasks which can delay Some projects. And regarding that, my Beloved spoke to me about the unequal yoke, when there is an unequal yoke and some work harder than others, then some push harder and have to “pull” or push those who are lagging behind and that is why there is exhaustion. It is very different for two oxen to plow the land than for an ox and a donkey to plow the land.
P2. How can I become a better leader?
I have no knowledge about how to be a leader, but I believe that in terms of all the Biblical principles you have been a good leader because there are many of us who follow your example as an older woman.
In my experience directing engineering projects, I have always needed supervisors for different areas who are constantly attentive to the tasks of those who do the hard work because it is very common for errors to occur. It is the way it helped me minimize errors and also had record formats, such as a checklist of each task to be performed daily to make sure what was being done.