FLOURISH CONNECTION 20

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I, Deb, remember the first time I met my friend, Donna. As she walked into the room, her presence alone, was captivating. Her warm smile, her encouraging words to everyone she spoke to, her zeal for life and in particular, her passion to encourage the people she met to reach their full potential, left me feeling incredibly inspired and motivated to continue on the path I was called for. Although I don't see Donna very often, I have to say, each time I am with her, near her, or listen to her speak, that overwhelming feeling of being inspired, washes over me again. I love and admire her so much.  Do you have women in your life that make you feel this way? The greater question is this; "Do you make others feel this way when they meet you?" It is a challenging question, right? A challenge I want to take on and intentionally do for others.  In Session 8 of our Flourish course, we do an experiment where we change the colour of water using food colouring to represent how easy it is to change an environment, bringing a positive essence into a space. It is just as easy to do the opposite with our sour lemon water mood, leaving a room with a heavy and uneasy feeling. I know, like me, your heart is for the former, to be a Donna in someone else's world. As the author of life says: "Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Oh, that you would choose life so that you and your descendants might live!"  FLOURISH INDONESIA GREAT VISION AND TESTIMONY  Rhonda reports: Throughout remote areas of Indonesia, there are many women who are finding it difficult to make ends meet to support themselves and their families. An opportunity opened up for a group of us to enter into some of these villages and run the Flourish Program. It's amazing how such little resource can change the lives of local women. Each month, for a year, we would travel 7 hours by train, running two sessions of the Flourish Program per visit in conjunction with the local Islamic training school. The impact Flourish has had on on these women is phenomenal. We have now run the Flourish Program with over 150 women, and of those women, 10 are now trained to run Flourish for themselves. Our vision is to see Flourish become part of the Islamic Training School Curriculum. STORIES STORIES STORIES It thrills our hearts when we receive the powerful testimonies of lives changed, healed, restored and motivated to grow, and in turn be a positive influence in their world. Out of all the facilitators we have around the world, we are still missing out on hearing many of your stories.  It only takes a moment to let us know how Flourish is going in your part of the world. If you haven't sent your feedback to us for a while, will you do that for us now, PLEASE? It not only helps us gauge how Flourish is working cross-culturally and contextually, but it also benefits others who are running Flourish in other parts of the world with similar cultures as your own.  NOTE: All testimonies are shared with permission from the owner of each story. They are not to be forwarded to anyone without permission.    We look forward to hearing your stories soon. Email: flourish@keystoneintl.org FLOURISH GATHERING 2020 INFORMATION  39 WEEKS UNTIL OUR FLOURISH GATHERING    It's time to mark this date in your calendar!   We have a great venue for our second Flourish Gathering, The River Centre, which has on-site accommodation, a cafe and a beautiful pool. The centre has a limited number of rooms available, and we have claimed several of these already for our Flourish team, the band, and volunteers. You will need to book soon to be able to stay on site. Alternatively, there is another option just down the road, the Na Prai Resort, (loosely called resort, accommodation with bathrooms), but again, it has a limited number of rooms. We have been told that this accommodation books out quickly. We would love both The River Centre and Na Prai to be booked out by you, our Flourish ladies, so we are all together in close proximity to each other as much as possible. Apart from these two options, there are a few different places that you can look at, but they are a little further away. We will have all the information on our website soon. MEMORIES OF OUR FLOURISH GATHERING 2018 JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE HERE Copyright © *FLOURISH*, All rights reserved. *CREATED TO THRIVE* Contact us on: *flourish@keystoneintl.org* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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