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

Thank you Ruth Yerena Pineda 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%

78%

56%

59%

65%

46%

53%

50%

68%

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 love the aspect of organizing and helping things function as smoothly and successfully as possible. I love planning things out and establishing goals. Lastly, seeing things come to fruition as they grow purposefully, steadily and healthily brings me so much JOY!

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
Although I am imperfectly sound in citing and referencing scripture, I do enjoy having conversations (or listening to conversations) about human brokenness and our desperate need of the Gospel. I love sharing what he has done for me and I love hearing it from others. It is also such a sweet feeling to see those who do not know God come to him when they are accepting of his truth.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I just love to see people of all ages grow in a healthy and steady pace in knowledge- especially in the Gospel. What a joy it is to help people learn to be equipped for God’s church and the ministry both in our community and our society.

[H]eart

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Wives, Moms, Children- and everyone else!

Marriage/family issues
Parenting
Educational
At-risk children
Divorce
Other –

[A]bilities

Spanish interpreter
A Univ. student in progress of attaining a bachelor Of Science in Elementary Education.

Leader in Children’s Ministry

Sympathizing and relating to individuals.
Organizational skills.
Singing&worshipping 🙂

Leading Women’s Bible Study Group.
Weekly teachings for nursery and elementary children.

Empathy. I love relating to others and listening to others as they pour out their hearts through edifying and meaningful conversations.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

Team

Variety

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

Lion- This personality likes to lead. The lion is good at making decisions and is very goal-oriented. They enjoy challenges, difficult assignments, and opportunity for advancement. Because lions are thinking of the goal, they can step on people to reach it. Lions can be very aggressive and competitive. Lions must learn not to be too bossy or to take charge in other’s affairs.

Strength: Goal-oriented, strong, direct
Weakness: Argumentative, too dictatorial
Limitation: Doesn’t understand that directness can hurt others, hard time expressing grace

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

[E]xperience

I have had the blessing of growing up in a Christian Church. Upon marrying my husband and leaving to live in a different country, our Faith in Christ and our Knowledge of Christ was challenged as we embarked on our new life as One and connected and served in a precious newly planted church. We were called to serve in areas we didnt deem ourselves worthy of leading in, but Christ willed it that way. In saying Yes, we came to know Christ deeper and experienced a greater desire to serving and leading others to His Truth!

Alcance Divino, Tucson Az- 11 Years
Worship, Children’s ministry teacher

Pillar Church of Okinawa: 3 Years
Children’s Ministry Leader, Women’s Ministry, Small Group Leader

Marrying my Husband. I have learned so much about the sacred image marriage reflects as Christ has loved his bride the church. What a gift it has been to uncover my imperfections alongside a husband who loves and guides me so well.

Bearing our son Elias. He is the miracle my husband and I yearned to someday hold! Becoming a mother has shaped me to learn about selflessness and servanthood without expecting anything in return. What a gift to share just a glimpse of God’s love for his Son Jesus Christ as us as sinners.

Moving to Japan- I had never traveled. All I knew was the small town that I grew up in and the small church I was raised in. Moving away from my Country provided me a glimpse of how wide and how perfect God’s love is for us all. My church family grew in my heart and this move sparked a deep desire to know and share truth, it taught me to learn to become relational, and ignited a passion to know and serve God’s people. We are all so different in so many ways- but we are all equally worthy of forgiveness before our Father.

Broken Family- It was a difficult journey to bear witness to my father and mother’s marriage. There was a lot of hurt and deceit that trickled unto us as children. I walked into my new marriage holding a lot of pain in my heart. I expected to live through a similar experience as my parents did. I was mistaken. God makes beautiful things out of broken vessels and equips us with the ability to love and forgive our transgressors.

A difficult Journey to restoring my physical health. All my life I’ve struggled with pain due to health complications. It has been difficult to walk through it, but God mercifully restores my strengths and my hope in Him each and every day. Regardless of my imperfect and inconsistent health- I know he is the constant in my life. My weaknesses help to remind me just how much I need God in my life each and every day and I love sharing that with others who want to loose hope in Him because of the pain they too are living through.

The loss and yearning to someday bear a child. There is much fruit in the waiting for God to answer our deepest desires. Rather than placing my Hope and identity upon the fruit of my supplication (to become a mother) I learned to place my Hope and trust in He who is the Creator of All things. He who knows the beginning and the end- the giver of life. He who would use my life purposefully and meaningfully regardless if I were to become a mamma or not- I was forgiven, redeemed, and called a child of His own.

There is beauty in the waiting. We should never loose Hope that he can answer our deepest supplications, but our Hope should never be steered toward our supplications in the new- but rather in the one Who works all things together for Good.

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. To owning a forever home that will help host, serve, and steer others well.

4. To be equipped to serve, teach, and love both believers and unbelievers well- in church, outside of church, inside&outside of my Country

5. To travel the world. To bear witness to God’s precious wonders- Especially people!!!! And in the midst of it all, to share God’s truth with those who do not yet know Him,- short/long term missionary seasons.