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Happy Thanksgiving and upcoming Merry Christmas from IRI!

We have had a lot going on in the last two months, and this is-

sue of our newsletter reflects the amazing things we have been

able to see and do in Hong Kong and the Philippines. We had

so much to talk about, we ran out of room in our regular format,

so we hope you enjoy the extra-length edition of our newsletter

this month. Believe it or not, this still doesn’t cover everything,

but hopefully we can include some additional information in our

next editions, as well. Have a blessed Christmas and a happy

New Year!

Hi again from Hong Kong. As you know from our last Newsletter, I have been work-

ing in and around the Hong Kong area. Like all large cities, Hong Kong has many

sub-communities that make up what the world understands as Hong Kong. I have

been living in what is known as the New Territory area. Just outside of the subdivi-

sion of Fairview Park. This is a great place to stay as it has easy to access transport

to get to the different locations around the Hong Kong area where we are working.

Hong Kong I have been working with Linda Smyth, training her on understanding IRI’s programs.

Linda has adapted the ABC workshop into her

woman’s bible study and the results have been

exciting. I have been holding training work-

shops at Fairview Park Christian Church 2 to 3

times a week and at a Chinese Church in an-

other part of the city once a week. The partici-

pants of this training develop a deeper perspec-

tive of the scriptures and their personal rela-

tionship with Jesus Christ. They all have de-

veloped a direct identity with themselves for

the first time in their life. The single biggest

discovery we have had here is that same one

we keep having else where. This is the fact that people here, for whatever reason,

have not developed their self empowered tools to develop their own ideas or concepts.

The result is them seeing themselves in an indirect identity. Again, ABC thinking

training starts the transformation process for people to build a relationship with them-

selves, Christ, Community, and world.

Jason and Kitty continue to work with the Hong Kong school system. The education

system there has experienced several changes that are causing concern among the

teachers. One is a shift in educational style from rote learning to abstract thinking and

problem solving. The other is adding SEN students (students with special educational

needs) to the “regular” classrooms. These two changes have a lot to do with changing

perspective (to conceptual thinking!) and building relationships. Kitty has asked Jason

to help her bring IRI’s ideas to the educational community. She and Jason believe that

VOLUME 8 ISSUE

November 2014

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Insight Resources

Growing

Human

Potential

One

Worldview

at a Time

Mailing Address

PO Box 2937,

Mills, WY 82644

Nampula

Gurúè

Northern Niassa Province & Lichinga

Tete

Selva

Manica

Mussacumbira

Nhamazara

Chimoio

Hong Kong

Corson’s concepts

Linda and ladies at Fairview

Christian Church Hong Kong

Mission Activities

November– Al is currently in Hong Kong teaching and coaching but will be leaving soon to travel to Elim, Alaska. Jason has been working with Kitty in Hong Kong for a past few weeks and has just re-turned to the states. December– Al flies to Elim, Alaska and Jason continues to work in the Spokane, Wash-ington area.

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I.R.I. Office: (307)-277-4639

Email: [email protected]

I.R.I President: Al Corson Email: [email protected]

I.R.I. Secretary: Velma Corson (307) 277-4639 Email: [email protected]

Insight Seminars: Jason Nichols - (307)269-0145

& Vice-President Email: [email protected]

I.R.I. Promotions: Jack Harper - (918)355-5523 2631 E. Albany #A, Broken Arrow, OK 74012 Email: [email protected]

IRI has a lot to offer the teachers and students of Hong Kong. Their work is small right

now, but they are expanding their contacts and working with new schools this year. Jason

will also be the keynote speaker at a teacher’s conference dealing with classroom integra-

tion. Jason is also working with some churches Kitty is connected with, doing some youth

training programs with high-school and college-aged students, helping them understand

and improve their relationship with God and each other. We hope Hong Kong will become

a center for cognitive development over the next few years.

Philippines Linda Smyth and I went to the Philippines on the 17th of Oct. I held two training sessions

while there. One was with Linda, Cody, and Marie taking them further into ABC develop-

ment as trainers. Then, a few days later, we had eight district Church leaders come from

the Manila area for IBS training. Cody and Marie combined the ABC training with the

IBS training for the first time ever. We had 3 days to give these leaders an overview of

ABC thinking. We did not get to go into the training exercises at this time. But here are

some comments that were made by some of the participants. Please bear in mind that these

are non-native English speakers making comments in English.

From a Youth Leader:

“Basically, I thought it was just a simple thinking style, you think

but you didn't realize what you're thinking. The ABC Worldview

teach me on how to think, and I’m sure it would make a big impact

in my ministry specially my relationship

to the Lord {An Elder}. We know our

culture, our belief, and some other sys-

tem, but never think of that before. But

we see it now the big difference, KNOWL-

EDGE < THINK > to COMPREHEND this

ABC level of thinking.”

From a Deacon:

“With this retreat, I was so amazed that

in just simple thinking style, you can ex-

pand the words, and yet still gives a lot

of understanding. It enhance my knowledge, knowing that this was

my first time to encounter, and yet I know that there are still a lot

of thinking to learn.”

Other Comments (From Marie):

“I will quote one of the attendees comment,’ I attended a very nice

and powerful retreat, first time in my life. Thanks so much for the

knowledge turned comprehended things.’”

“Wow that was great, and again a Minister send me a text mes-

sage, saying that he used the ‘ABC Worldview Thinking’ style that

Sunday, when he returned at his local church, and everybody was

amazed at this thinking style.”

These men have already scheduled follow up training for 2014 and 2015. Along with this,

IRI has been scheduled to train more Philippine church leaders and two Seminary Profes-

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Cody (left), Marie (center)

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sors from Myanmar in March 2015. In 2016 starting in March, IRI has been re-

quested to train church leaders in five churches. Some of these churches are in very

remote areas and are struggling with syncretism.

Mozambique We praise God for what is going on in Mozambique. Leonard and Pastor Paulino

have been very busy. One of the things that needs to be understood is that as we

coach ABC thinking, several things take place. The information (bible knowledge,

etc.) that people internalize becomes real as the person becomes aware of who they

are. They develop how to Think! The reality of analytical abstract thinking is the

ability to problem solve. Awareness comes forth of what is necessary in order to

make things work correctly. Things like discernment, escape from dependency, how

to analyze within the context of your own culture, how to own your personal identity,

and (most of all) WHY things work. As difficult as it may be to believe (it was hard

for us to understand at first), we have yet to find a post-colonial cultural group that

owns their own identity, let alone an individual within that culture. So the question

for the day is: how do you build a relationship with God if you don’t know who you

are? This is why syncretism is so hard for these believers to overcome.

Since the first part of 2014 Leonard has helped Pastor Paulino focus on the problems

the pastor is facing with syncretism in his own cultural group. The outcome of this

focus has been nothing short of a miracle. The Pastor put his focus on helping his

cultural group learn, as he has, how to think ABC… This puts Abstract, or analysis

into people’s existing thought process. By helping the church leaders learn how to

think abstractly about their issues, they have been able to spread this teaching among

the church members. Keep in mind that our understanding of discernment, right and

wrong, faith, sin, salvation, God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, personal identity and many other

key concepts in Christianity are all abstract. The Bible is a conceptual book! When

the Church leaders and then members internalized what they believed and then

owned it, the impact was dramatic. We have over 30 churches (that we know of) that

have experienced a modern-day reformation with the use of ABC thinking! In most

cases, they have also doubled in the numbers of believers because the members fi-

nally comprehend what they believe in.

Leonard’s Report IRI-Mozambique is working with over thirty Churches this year,

2014. More and more people visit us at our office in a town called

Chimoio in Manica province. These people include African Mission-

aries, Politicians, Academics, Pastors, Biblical teachers, Academic

teachers and students alike. We have expanded our work to other

provinces of Mozambique such as Sofala, Quelimane, Nampula and

Niassa. We hope to reach every province in few years. We have

touched hearts in Zimbabwe and South Africa and we also hope to

spread the ABC-Thinking throughout Africa.IRI-Mozambique re-

quested prayers for peaceful Presidential and Parliamentary elec-

tions. Thank God the elections were by and large peaceful. Other

African countries should learn a lot from the Mozambican elections. As a result of ABC-Thinking Over thirty communities in Macate

District in Manica province have embarked on several projects

which include:

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Please send your donations to:

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Mills, WY 82644

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HELP NEEDED

Raising special funds over the

regular monthly costs for the

upcoming trips 2015

December: Al will fly to Alaska

for 2 months then back to the

lower 48 in the end of January

2015.

Al flies to Johannesburg in Febru-

ary 2015. Leonard meets him

there, traveling from Mozam-

bique. Together they fly to the

Philippines via Hong Kong in late

March or early April.

Return to South Africa and then

Mozambique is scheduled for June

2015

Al returns to the states in October

2015

Linda and Al

Mission Mozambique

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Mumvumbi Village

Al with Pastor Paulino

Leonard delivering

wheelchairs

Wheelchair

Assembly

Happy recipients

1. Micro Finances

2. Honey projects

3. Charcoal projects

4. Small scale business i.e. buying and selling

5. Brick making

5. Sporting

6. Building of houses for elderly people who have no relatives using

local material

7. Repairing their local roads.

8. Building better toilets

9. Improved their Agriculture (Crop husbandly and raising of animals)

Leonard and I will be going into the bush in July of 2015 to meet with as many of these

churches as we can to document these things in person and on video. I will be in Mozam-

bique until October of 2015, and then I will go home to Casper Wyoming and see my wife for

several months and catch up on documentation. I will be open to visit any of you that would

like for me to come. As I said earlier, however, I will leave in February 2015 for the Philip-

pines, so I won’t be able to visit until Fall of next year. Jason Nichols will be back in the states

soon and will be able visit with you at your convenience.

RSA (Republic of South Africa) Leonard and I are planning at this time is to leave Mozambique the last day of May 2015 and

work with Jason in Johannesburg, South Africa for a month. We are scheduled to do two five

to ten day training workshops. We have several different organizations that are interested in

the program. One of the main groups is the Aletheia board of directors. As many of our sup-

porters know, Alethia is the ministry Dr. Stuart Cook left behind in South Africa. Dr. Cook

developed the core theories we work with in our ministry, and we want the members of Ale-

thia to see where this work is going and what it has accomplished. We also know they will

benefit from its growth. Leonard and I will be returning to Mozambique the first of July to

start our documentation of the Macate churches.

USA Since I will be traveling around the world this spring and summer, Jason will be across the

U.S. working with and updating our various supporters and partners in the States. We have

been working on the new training material together while we have been in Hong Kong, and I

am very excited to see what he will accomplish this next year. In closing this month’s letter I

want to take a moment to talk about our long-term plans. We are receiving requests for train-

ing from many people in many countries—far more than we can work with. Jason and I can

only be in so many places at once! Fortunately, we have had much spiritual guidance in find-

ing disciples in each country that we are working in to continue this work. These men and

women speak English and, in most cases, several national languages. Our focus is not to stay

20 or 30 years in the same location. We are there to empower the nationals in Christ and help

them develop a tool box in their cultural cognitive style so they can use what others have

helped them learn in their own culture. This is where the transformation that Paul talks about

takes place. Believing is the beginning, but belief without understanding is not enough.

Transformation is a thinking style paradigm shift if you will. This needs to happen, according

to Paul in Roman 12:2. It is easy to see belief, but we have found a way to initiate and track

transformation. We do it with the nationals not working for us but empowered within their

own culture.

Final Notes and Estimated Expenses for 2015: So here is how 2015 will look for Leonard and me from Mozambique. In Feb I will fly

from the USA to RSA and do initial planning for June. Leonard will join me in RSA and

we will fly to the Philippines for 3 weeks of training. Leonard and I will then will fly back

to RSA and return to Mozambique. We also need to fly 2 Seminary professors from Myan-

mar to the Philippines for this training. In June, Leonard and I will return to RSA do con-

duct the previously mentioned training with Alethia. This trip will be about $2000. In Oct.

I will travel back to the USA via Philippines and Hong Kong, conducting training in both

places, and from there I will fly to Casper WY. The final cost of this last trip is still being

determined.

Estimated Travel Cost:

Al Cost February: U.S. to Johannesburg $1000

March/April: Johannesburg to Philippines via Hong Kong (round trip) $2000

June: Mozambique to South Africa (round trip) $1000

October: Back to U.S. $2000

Leonard:

March/April: Jo’Berg to Philippines via Hong Kong (round trip) $2000

June: Mozambique to South Africa (round trip) $1000

Jason:

Jan-May: Training and Update Travel (around U.S.) $5000

June: U.S. to South Africa (round Trip) $2000

Other:

Leadership Training Transport (2 professors from Myanmar) $2100

(All costs are in US Dollars and are subject to change)

Al

Mission Hong Kong


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Streetscape

Al, Kitty and friends

ABC Thinking Exercises

Al and Kitty

Mission Myanmar

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My husband, Doug, and I have known Al & Velma for many years. We worked with Al

and Velma from the beginning as God began the work of IRI.

Earlier this month my mother and I had the opportunity to attend the International Confer-

ence on Missions in Columbus, OH on behalf of IRI. This is the second year my mother

has attended to help with the IRI booth. The real adventure began when we learned

Velma would not be attending and would be shipping the booth supplies. Velma was un-

able to attend due to circumstances beyond her control and Al and Jason were still work-

ing in Hong Kong. My mother & I arrived in Columbus on Thursday, Nov 13th. After

checking in at our hotel we walked across the street to the Convention Center. With the

weather being so cold and snow flurries, we were very thankful for the short walk to our

destination.

As we walked through the convention hall we saw a minister friend from a few years ago.

It was fun to catch up with our friend, Danny. He was as surprised to see us. After visit-

ing for a few minutes we moved on to find our booth and meet with the men who drove up

from our church in Oklahoma. We spent the evening looking at other booths and enjoyed

a great praise and worship time in the evening session. It was a great feeling to hear more

than 3000 people singing praises to our God. The message that was shared was very chal-

lenging.

Friday morning our booth supplies arrived at the hotel. We transported the supplies to the

convention center and we were able to get our booth set up. It was quite a team effort as

none of us had set up the display signs before. Once the booth was set up we began talk-

ing and sharing with people as they were walking through the displays in the convention

hall.

There were some people that were very interested in the ABC Thinking principles and

how these principles worked with a Biblical Worldview. We were able to give brief over-

views, along with information on how to get more details through our website as well as

following on Facebook.

We also had the opportunity to share this same information with several young people as

they traveled from booth to booth on their information scavenger hunt.

One of the great things about attending the ICOM is meeting friends you only see at these

gatherings because we are all serving in different ways and different places, friends and

missionaries from across the United States and around the world. It is a great time of lis-

tening, encouraging and sharing with others who have a like mind of furthering the gospel

of Christ. It was such a wonderful experience each evening to share in praise and worship

as the Word of God was shared.

The convention is one of those places you can go where you can talk the “language of

missions” and know that person you are talking to understands that language. You can

know the friend you are talking with carries the same burden for the Gospel and the World

that you do.

I always come home with a renewed strength knowing that thousands of others believe in

the work of sharing the Gospel around the world and in each of our own hometowns.

I look forward to future opportunities for sharing the work that God is doing through IRI

and join you in praying that God will continue to use each of us to share the Good News.

May God continue to bless you,

Quaye Berry


International Conference of Missions

Al with Myanmar

Seminary Professors

Abel, Thomas and

David

Joshua, Thomas,

David and Abel

Worship—Myanmar

style

Dear Supporters, Friends and Partners

We at IRI would like to thank you for the support this past year. Whether it was financial or prayers or

service. We thank you.

We have received our donation checks from Amazon Smile, and Good Search. For those of you who

bought items on line using Amazon smile and Good search/good shop, Thank you also. If you shop on

line, We would like to remind you your online shopping can result in donations to IRI if you use Ama-

zon Smile (smile.amazon.com). This costs you nothing but a percentage of your purchases will support

IRI. If you already have an account with Amazon you can use the same account but by going in under

smile.amazon.com you donate to IRI.

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Search / Good shop. Goodshop.com “#GoodshopSunday- where you shop

online AND raise money for us. Goodshop Sunday (November 30) is just a

few days away! Pledge to buy a gift that gives back: http://gdsr.ch/

GSSunday” Good shop Sunday is a special day of sales. We give thanks to our Lord for all our supporters.

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through out the holiday season.

Thanks from the Insight Resources International team.


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Please continue to pray for the growth of those in Hong Kong, Philippines, Myanmar, and

Mozambique. Please pray for Al and Jason as they travel in the coming months. Pray for Leonard, Paulino, Jose’, George, and Tito as the Country of Mozambique is still in

Political Unrest. Pray for Kitty Ho and Linda in Hong Kong as they develops contacts & initiates opportunities

for development. Please pray for the extra travel funding necessary as opportunities open around the world.

Prayer Partners Please Pray for these Things:

Please pray

for Al and

Jason while

in Hong

Kong &

Leonard in Mozambique

Contact Us: I.R.I. Office: (307)-277-4639 Email: [email protected]

President & Insight Seminars:

Jason Nichols (307)269-0145 Email: [email protected]

I.R.I Vice-President: Al Corson Email: [email protected]

I..R.I. Secretary: Velma Corson (307)277-4639 Email: [email protected]

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