Care group sharing

hello dear, how are you? miss you.

I want to share with you that I had my care group night tonight, and it was my first time leading the session. It’s actually a bit like being a mediator, there is a study guide that we have been following every time we meet, and the one who leads that session would be the one who guides the discussion by coming up with some reflective questions or exercises for sharing based on the materials. So it requires some preparation and that is one of the things that I have been doing in the evenings for the past week.

I felt a bit nervous about it at first, because it’s the first time I lead and I also haven’t really done something similar before in my previous church. I led a lot of children groups but those were very different. And I also think the topic for this week from the study guide is actually a bit wide, so it’s not so easy to lead.

But I think I did pretty okay in the end, and the discussions that came out from the group were quite fruitful naturally, so I am quite content with it. Towards the end of our session, we usually take turns to share about our past week before we end in prayer. And today, a few of them shared their challenges at work and relationships, which touched me quite deeply secretly.

But at the same time, I also feel quite tired as we ended, I think because afterall I am such an introvert and I also feel that whenever I try to be empathetic when being a listener, I have the tendency to absorb others’ thoughts and feelings, and that sometimes makes me feel heavy.

So I know that this is time for me to recharge and rest, while I still want to acknowledge my effort to be in community today.

And tomorrow, I actually am joining the IF team’s farewell lunch for Jojo in Kowloon City. I actually feel a bit nervous (again), and I don’t even know why.

Miss you and good night 🤍