Trip to United States

21 September to 11 October 2010

8 October (Friday)

For the regional coordinators, the big meetings are over.  For the leadership team and the board of directors, they continued.  The RCs spent the day catching up with people in different departments or in various small meetings.  The board met all day today and will continue through lunch tomorrow.

The 2010 Global Council:(l to r) Charlie Dittmeier (Cambodia), Joanne Miya (Tanzania), Dave Kane (U.S.), Debbie Northern (El Salvador), Jason Obergfell (Bolivia), Joanne Blaney (Brazil), Sam Stanton (Executive Director), Alicia Butkiewicz (Director of Mission), Russ Brine (Kenya) The Global Council
With the meetings over, Jason Obergfell and Russ Brine catch up on e-mail and reports to their regions about the goings-on from the past week. Jason Obergfell and Russ Brine
Merwyn DeMello was a former lay missioner in Japan and Tanzania. Now he is the Director of Recruiting for MKLM. He began his new job at the end of August. Merwyn DeMello
This is the 2010 Board of Directors for the Maryknoll Lay Missioners. Some are current lay missioners; some are former lay missioners; the others are members at large. They are a very dedicated and impressive group. The Board of Directors
In the evening the regional coordiinators and the incoming candidates for MKLM were invited to dinner with the board.  The introductions were impressive, revealing the experience, the faith, and the real commitment to mission of each individual. Dinner with the board