S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored (in alphabetical order):

78%

65%

53%

78%

56%

53%

59%

96%

75%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I feel privileged to be asked to serve, assist, support others in a common goal. I enjoy preparing and planning for events or occasions.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have participated as administrative assistant in leading our SIL group in the Philippines, on missions committees, as a partnership development coach.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
We are stewards of God’s good gifts and it is a privilege to have needs come up that we can participate in supporting.

[H]eart

1. To see God lead me to be a part of something bigger than myself and my own contribution.

2. Participating with those who are involved in Bible translation in whatever is needed at the moment: a meal, debriefing, welcoming.

3. Caring for my husband and family, my parents, my children and grandchildren.

Those of my peers, those of other cultures, children.

Church outreach, missions, ministries and missionaries. Development and training of leadership for we are to be a part of building up the church.

Marriage/family issues
Other – Ministries and missionaries, discipling others, refugees

[A]bilities

Retired recently (May 2018) from Wycliffe Bible Translators after 51 years, but still involved on a volunteer basis.

Administrative assistant, partnership development of missionaries, Missions Committee

Computer skills, enjoy learning and using new programs. Hosting, hospitality, organizing and facilitating events

missions partnership,

encouragement, advocate for missions and missionaries

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Peace Maker

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Otter’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Otter- Otters are very social creature. Otter personalities love people. They enjoys being popular and influencing and motivating others. Otter can sometimes be hurt when people do not like them. Otter personalities usually have lots of friends, but not deep relationships. They love to goof-off. (They are notorious for messy rooms.) Otters like to hurry and finish jobs. (Jobs are not often done well.) The otter personality is like Tigger in Winnie The Pooh.

Strength: People person, open, positive
Weakness: Talks too much, too permissive
Limitation: Remembering past commitments, follow through with discipline

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

[E]xperience

I am thankful for the opportunity at age 7 to be introduced to Jesus who gave himself to die for me and my sins at my grandmother’s Good News Club. He has been my closest friend through many moves and challenges. I love to get to know him through His Word and love letter to me.

Trinity Baptist Church, Portland OR (1965-66) as youth leader; on missions committee (1986-89), choir

Church at Rocky Peak, Northridge CA (1985-86) teaching Precept, Missions Committee

Northwest Bible Church, Tucson AZ (2006-14) Missions Team and administrative assistant

Exposure to missionaries and ministries and Wycliffe from an early age that contributed to God’s leading and my personal preparation for serving with Wycliffe

Attending Multnomah School of the Bible, meeting and marrying my husband, George, with the same interests and passions as I.

Teaching people to read in other cultures and languages to introduce them to God’s Word and his salvation. God speaks their language too!

Difficult relationship with father and youngest son and family with unresolved differences.

Relating to many churches, thankful for their commitment and support of us through the years with Wycliffe and then new leadership bringing about changes that dissolved and disengaged us from them.

Relating to fellow missionaries who haven’t dealt with their own issues that become destructive and disabling for their colleagues. It helps to have the home church care for them and value them.

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. Resolved relationship with our son and wife and their children. To live near one of our sons for the remaining years of our lives.

4. Continuing to serve our Wycliffe colleagues as we have strength and ability.

5. A returning visit to the Philippines to visit the churches which have grown in the Subanen and Manobo areas.