{"id":1934,"date":"2012-05-29T16:34:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T23:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:34:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T23:34:31","slug":"scared-into-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/2012\/05\/29\/scared-into-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Scared into Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/files\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-14-at-10.22.48-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1936 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/files\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-14-at-10.22.48-AM-186x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/files\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-14-at-10.22.48-AM-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/brian-pruett\/files\/2012\/05\/Screen-Shot-2012-05-14-at-10.22.48-AM.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><strong>I recently returned from a week of meetings at our home office in Arizona. It was a very humbling experience and one that I wouldn&#8217;t fully process until I got home and starting thinking through everything. It was the first step in our transition into leadership and Garry&#8217;s transition out of the Philippine program. Those of you who know me well would understand just how nervous it makes me because I purchased <em>and<\/em> started reading a book about leadership. Yeah, it&#8217;s that bad. I&#8217;m reading\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-21-Irrefutable-Laws-Leadership\/dp\/0785288376\/ref=pd_sim_b_3\">The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by John Maxwell. My older brother and a couple of other leaders I&#8217;ve grown to respect have really gleaned a lot from Maxwell, so I figured it wouldn&#8217;t hurt to try and do so myself. My brother is also teaching a class in our church based on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0785289275\/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&amp;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=0785274324&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=152ZCT1QD7DNPP3HX3F0\">The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader&#8217;s Day<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by John Maxwell which has been a real catalyst to getting me to break down and start reading a &#8220;how-to book.&#8221;<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please continue to pray for us as we venture down a road we&#8217;ve never been down. We have said it before, and it&#8217;s worth saying again: we are diving headfirst into this because we are backed by an amazing team. We have a tremendous team in the Philippines and USA with NTMA. We also have our family, friends and supporters who make it possible through prayer and giving for us to continue in this ministry. I don&#8217;t say that lightly, and we know that our team doesn&#8217;t take their responsibility lightly either. It&#8217;s just awesome to be part of a group like that.<\/p>\n<address>Proverbs 13:20<\/address>\n<address>&#8220;Walk with the wise and become wise;<\/address>\n<address>associate with fools and get in trouble.&#8221;<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently returned from a week of meetings at our home office in Arizona. It was a very humbling experience and one that I wouldn&#8217;t fully process until I got home and starting thinking through everything. It was the first step in our transition into leadership and Garry&#8217;s transition out of the Philippine program. 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