My First Experience Being on the Seat of Encouragement

View from our Nanning Hotel

We were back to Nanning and it was good to spend a couple of days after our intensive two week teaching assignment in Guangxi,


Esther introduced a meaningful activity on the second day of our stay in Nanning . It was called the Seat of Encouragement.
All the members met with their own team and focus on one team member at a time and share with his/ her what they thought about that person.

Our team members in Nanning, China.

Esther started by passing an object to the person was the next person to be spoken about. After this person received all the positive feedback, he/ she would pass the object to the next person and the whole process started again.

Some of my other team members

For example, when it was my turn on the Seat of Encouragement, every member on my team spoke about my strengths and what they appreciated of me most during our two weeks experience.















It was quite a change to hear such positive comments from everybody. Instead of being on the receiving end of getting complaints from others, we were getting praises and some very positive feedback from team members.

It was such a different and uplifting experience.
We loved being on the Seat of Encouragement!

R.T.
Nanning, China