Raw Fish: From the Inside

[Simon Cozens]

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Simon & Henrietta



>From the Inside
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For the past few months, the focus in our lives has shifted slightly -
it’s not so much about what we’ve been doing, but more about what God’s
been doing in us.

What it’s all about

We’re at Redcliffe mission training college here in Gloucester to help
us prepare for future church planting work in Japan when we return at
the end of this year. The formal studies are extremely helpful in
getting us to think about some of the issues that we’ll come across
working in church leadership in Asia, but perhaps just as much of the
preparation is coming from some of the personal and practical elements
of our time at Redcliffe.

Henrietta was asked (and agreed!) to take leadership of our college
community group this past term, and has also organised and led worship
services at the college and at the local hospital chapel. These
experiences taught her more about being firm when necessary in decision
making, and being patient when leading others through a process of
organisation - especially when people work at varying paces!

Simon’s leadership course includes a lot of personal and spiritual
reflection on character formation, and he’s been looking specifically at
‘what lies beneath’ his character - what happens to him when he’s under
stress, and why he can sometimes be too striving and driven in his work.
It’s been quite painful sometimes, but well worth it. On a lighter note,
he enjoyed writing about the leadership qualities of Winnie the Pooh and
friends for one piece of work!

We’ve also been both challenged and encouraged by our fellow students,
who we invite around to dinner when we can!

One year on

At the end of this month, we’ll celebrate another major source of
character development for both of us - our first year of marriage! It’s
been a wonderful first year - we’ve seen a lot of changes in our life
together so far, but we’re thankful to God for everything that he’s
given us.

Henrietta & Simon

Prayer Points

* Please pray that we can grow in the areas that God has been
highlighting to us.

* Pray that we will maintain joy while doing our essays and course work!

* Thank God for all that we’ve learnt in our first year together!

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