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

Thank you Clara Monfort 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):

21%

31%

31%

53%

53%

28%

28%

65%

50%

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 like to make people happy so that they appreciate me. I like feeling appreciated and like my existence is making a positive shift in my surroundings. Although I sometimes lack the patience to wait for proof that my work is worthwhile and want to see results as soon as possible.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I love that wave of happiness that see across someone’s face when I give them something they value.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have had low moments in life, I like to level myself with those who are suffering, provide them with a net of tools and positive words and company, and help them swim to the shores of contentment.

[H]eart

1. Travelling and experiencing new things.

2. Working to bring a vision or project to fruition.

3. Exchanging ideas with business and vision producers and being in company with active people.

I enjoy working with people my age (20s) the most. I like being around creative people with vision and purpose and who are encouragers.

Church ministries that excite me when I hear about them are video editing, marketing, lighting, and production.

Homelessness
Poverty/hunger
Financial stewardship

[A]bilities

I work as a registered nurse.

I have worked as a receptionist, executive assistant, tutor, cashier, home health aide, note-taking, and telephone plan seller.

Journalling/note-taking.

I have not taught any classes.

Providing homely, personal assistant to someone in need. For example, I am good at bathing and playing with toddlers, cooking/baking a meal for someone or a family, or running timely errands for someone.

[P]ersonality

Reserved

Low Risk

Peace Maker

Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

50-50 Routine/Variety

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

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

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

My early childhood years were in Catholicism. However, I was 13 years old when I first step foot inside a Protestant (Pentecostal) church. I soon told my mother that I wanted to be baptized, but I omitted the fact that I wanted to do so only because I wanted to join the talented dancing group of the church. Years later, I am still serving Jesus and have since re-baptized for the sake serving God.

I have not served in any ministries in the past.

I have not served in any ministries in the past.

I have not served in any ministries in the past.

The greatest days of my life have been when I am being celebrated. I loved my sweet 16 party and my high school graduation dinner. Gatherings in my honor make me feel that my hard-work and input in society are noticed and appreciated and make me want to be an even more valuable member of the groups that I belong to. Those experiences make me inclined to make gestures to celebrate people birthdays and accomplishments to honor them.

My early years being raised my grandmother were some of the brightest years of my life. I remember the first eight years of life being times of happiness, peace, and love surrounding me. Today, those times help me to know the most expensive gifts of love, affection, and care cannot be bought.

I enjoy experiencing new geographic locations. I have to places like Brooklyn, New York and Bimini, Bahamas. Every time I visit a new city, I feel like I am living life through a magazine and it excites me very much. I have a great appreciation for new cultures and new places and I pray that I see and learn of many more.

In the past, I have experience with mental illness. I have experienced periods of insomnia, depression, feelings of loneliness, and various sensory phenomena that the medical community identifies as psychosis. I received inpatient treatment and counsel on two occasions. I was taking medications to sleep, for depression, and psychosis. I went through months of individual counseling. Although I was experiencing alterations in sensory processing and real life occurrences, I was aware of the “real and sensible” reality that everyone else was living, so to speak. Knowing that I was experiencing something no one else seemed to be going through and something that I had never experienced, made me feel like an isolated oddity. Most of the time, I was frustrated, angry, sad, and helpless. To this day, I cannot understand the natural processes that took place to make me experience those things. However, this has made me aware of the fragility of the composition of my being. It has made me appreciate my physical, spiritual, and psychological health and God’s intelligence in creating me so sophisticatedly. I have also come to realize that one component cannot function without the other. I will always remember the people who listened and gave me counsel in my times of critical distress. My greatest assets were company of people who love, God, and patience. I know I will be an indispensable asset on the side of anyone going through what I had gone through.

I had to care for my sick mother for almost two years until she passed of cancer. During that time, I went through emotional, spiritual, and physical roller-coasters. I was always conflicted between being faithful for her survival and drowning in misery over the thought of her passing. When she passed, I left home to live with a family member in a quiet town. Grieving the death of my mother coupled trying to fit into a new atmosphere made me feel lonely and like I did not belong. I ate well, I had money, I could talk to anyone I please, but I really felt I was living a barren existence. I always had a roof over my head but felt homesick for the home known for most of my life. I moved back to Miami after I began experiencing the mental health crisis. Fast forward, what has helped are reconnecting with people who I have shared positive experiences with, forming trusted connections in House of Prayer, and planting myself in church. I can uniquely identify with the emotions and states of mind that manage someone life from losing a parent and having so many changes happen all at once. I can be an anchor to someone going through the same.

As a child, I experienced many emotional hurdles concerning the circumstances and the company that was around me. I did not express my thoughts and feelings to anyone as I did not want to disrupt anyone with my problems. In the long run, I suffered by letting everything muster inside of me. As an adult now, I have done a lot work to heal. I have learned holding a grudge against anyone or the pastis dangerous to my wellbeing. I also learned that it is important to instill a sense of safety and confidence for children to express their thoughts and life experiences so that they grow up to be blossomed, fruitful adults. These experiences have made a promotor of children being expressive and honest.

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. I would make every school in the world a Christian school emphasizing on a relationship with Jesus Christ.

4. I would plant a bereavement resource centers, all over the world, that to help anyone transition to a life without someone they have lost. The resource center would help with business affairs, mental health counseling, and weekly facilitor-led meetings to conquer daily struggles. People under 25 would be insured housing, meals, clothing, and schooling to prepare for an independent life. There would be a special division tailored to mentally challenged people of all ages, supporting in all aspects of living.

5. I would have a global database matching mentors to mentees for all purposes such as business, spiritual, talent-focused growth.