A photo of a few of the IGSL and Philippine Coast Guard leaders with some of our IGSL graduates standing behind. Some of these alumni have been instrumental in opening the doors for us to bring Christian leadership training and the gospel message to many places within the Armed Forces of the PH.

I (Brian) had 9 out of the 11 of those pictured as students in multiple classes over the past decade. Fun memories!  Amazing the doors God continues to open..

       While Morgan has been hitting big milestones in her life and seeing answers to prayer and God’s faithfulness, our ministry continues at IGSL, which has had some amazing milestones of its own.

         One opportunity to pray for is a training that I and a few of our IGSL faculty are conducting starting this past week for the Philippine Armed Forces.  We are collaborating to teach a leadership module for the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Command & Staff College (eleven 4-hour sessions April-July). It will be conducted on zoom for about 170 officers and reservists. We did a version of this module in 2022, which garnered great feedback; however, this time the trainees will include nine international military personnel from Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Korea,  and Thailand!  I am the instructor for 2 of the weeks (8 hours of instruction), which will be from 5pm-9pm California time on May 15th and May 22nd.  

         I’m teaching in a few areas related to team leadership so I will be looking for ways to engage complicated themes like corruption and abuse of power on teams, peacemaking, psychological safety and feedback, and team health. There is freedom to some extent to connect to gospel themes and Scripture.

        I would appreciate prayers as this opportunity feels a bit intimidating because of the high rankings of the officers involved!

• • Pray I can adapt the sessions well for both the Asian and military contexts.
  • Pray for technology to hold: 8 hours on zoom in Asia can be an eternity navigating bandwidth issues.
  • Most of all – that they would be drawn to Christ through the training and experience.