ICC Recap

Adrienne and I have had a few weeks to process our experience at ICC since returning to Raleigh over Labor Day weekend. The course itself did not allow much time for personal reflection, because of the intensity of the schedule.

As we have re-entered our life here, we hear one question more than any other from curious folks: "So, how was it?"

Between the two of us, this course was a very different experience. It is hard to answer that question when it is directed to us as a couple! However, we have managed to come up with a one-word answer: INTENSE.

Here are a couple of highlights and lessons learned:

1. Prior to ICC, Adrienne and I would say "we could never work together!" Now we can say, "we are learning to work together!"

2. Adrienne found a wonderful mentoring relationship that has made a huge difference in her ability to deal with pressure.

3. I found some spiritual peace when God forced me to reconcile with some past mistakes.

4. Adrienne found that she was more than able to handle a 4wd with manual transmission!

5. She has also totally weaned herself from caffeine in preparation for the field.

6. I received insight on management basics which will greatly increase my effectiveness on the field.

7. As a family, we had a lot of time to spend with my parents, and with other friends in the Charlotte area.


8. Ben learned to "swim"!

9. We were constantly driven to discomfort. We learned a lot from that alone.

10. God is looking after us and has a great plan for us, even when we cannot see over the next obstacle in the road!


We are grateful to the staff of ICC. They gave themselves totally to this training. They invested in us, build relationships with us, taught us, and when it was all done, they said goodbye well. That last part was something we are learning to do even now. We are learning to say goodbye well. I certainly don't want people to say, "they were here, then all of the sudden, they are not!" Up until the day we fly out, we want to be part of your life. And know that even while we are gone, we will be thinking of you often, for where our heart is, there also is our home.

In Christ,

Caleb