“The only way to really learn is to sit in class at the feet of some expert, listen and take notes.”
“So I thought,” says Cristián, “prior to my exposure to Christian Camping International, Latin America (CCI /LA). My eyes have been opened, so to speak, to a whole another realm of learning: experiential education!”
Cristián is sitting on the floor sharing his thoughts and impressions as a recent graduate of CCI /LA training for low ropes course facilitation. He is surrounded by leaders from other countries, like Carlos Valladares who is the director of the Bible Institute for Assembles of God—King’s Castle ministry in El Salvador, and Rixy Leiva who is a psychologist in El Salvador, as well as a number of pastors who attended the training as well.
“I have a vision for starting a School of Leadership and I would like to make the use of low ropes course and camp activities a core part of the curriculum,” Cristián further expounded on his vision but also confessed his initial hesitation regarding involvement with CCI /LA.
“I confess, after Lisa’s church came to build the ropes course elements this summer in our camp, I said to myself, “if these CCI /LA training courses aren’t that good, I’ll just come up with my own stuff. Indeed, I went on-line and studied hard to gather materials to create my own training course to teach facilitators. But after these last 4 days filled with 44-hours of training (Sept. 12-15), I’d be
crazy to try and reinvent the wheel! Now that our camp is a member of CCI LA/Honduras, I plan on soliciting one of these training courses every year to prepare new facilitators to run groups through our ropes course.”
“Thank you CCI/LA for putting together such a spectacular training program!”
Well,
Lisa
Cristian during the training course, on the "Chicken Wire Crossing", his third attempt was the charm! as he persisted in crossing from one end of the hanging pole to the other side, in the process, having to hang like a possum!
