Ryszard Paciocha writes:

I am really glad to send you some good reports from Poland. It is finished! Last weekend in Warsaw at the Third National Coffee House Conference I showed the first copy of Free to Grow. We now have 1,000 copies of Free to Grow in Polish! Also, Concerned Persons is translated. At the conference people contributed about 25% of the money we will need for the first printing.

A training seminar is planned for March to prepare people to lead the Insight, Free to Grow and Concerned Persons groups.

The annual Living Free International Training Conference took place at Cohutta Springs from October 5-8. Each year God seems to do something a little different in the lives of the attendees. This year was no exception. The theme was "Transformed into His Likeness." God moved through speakers, small group leaders and individual ministry to minister to the participants and motivate many to expand their outreach to others. Comments included these:

"The transformation of our lives and lives of others is key to growing spiritually."…
"I was reminded-again-of the hope and future we have in Jesus Christ." …
"Let's not make it hard for new people to come to Christ." …
"[I learned] to rest and take more time to just be still." …
"Reminded of need of intimacy with God."

Participants were also introduced to J.C. Bulldog, the coach and teacher from the new childrens' Insight, Empowering Kids for Life curriculum. J.C. generated excitement and frivolity as he posed in photos with attendees and "supervised" a variety of contests.

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The new Living Free Video Training is now available. In addition to the updated training on DVD, the Coordinator's and Participant's Guides have been newly revised as well.

Features and benefits of the updated version include these:

• Shortened in length without eliminating any of the important principles. Now 8 sessions!


• Updated look and sound


• New testimonies added to many of the original ones


• English narration done by Ruth Graham, daughter of Billy Graham. Ruth has personally experienced life-controlling problems and has walked with each of her three children through their own challenges. Her heartfelt narration is both touching and inspiring. It helps the viewer understand that anyone can experience a life-controlling problem … and that the only help available is through Christ.


• Spanish narration done by Rev. Hector Escobar. In the original version, the Spanish translation of the narration was dubbed over the English. In the updated Spanish version, the narration is actually done in Spanish.


• Coordinator's Guide and Participant's Guide done in Living Free group format, providing an easier transition to leading Insight and other groups.