Finishing Well
Whether you are coming to the end of your final term in Africa, planning to return after a home assignment, or are uncertain whether this is your final term or not, finishing well is important. So what does finishing well look like?
The short article No Turning Back also gives characteristics of a person who finishes well.
Robert Clinton’s Three Articles About Finishing Well includes the following:
• 6 characteristics of leaders who finish well
• 6 barriers to finishing well
• 5 factors that enhance finishing well
What Missionaries Ought to Know About Saying Goodbye goes over some questions and doubts that are common to those finishing a term on the field, or having to say goodbye to someone else finishing.
Some questions to think about
- Who are you sharing with in order to help you process the different aspects of your transition?
- Are you on course for finishing well?
- Do you identify with any of the barriers to finishing well? If so, what might you do to begin to overcome those barriers?
- Is there a characteristic that you need to concentrate on in the next few months?
