Terri’s Tuesday Tip ~Guidelines~
The Mentor Center
Our desire is that each and every one of you will have a positive experience with The Mentor Center software. And we want to assure you that our tech team and programmers are working hard to ensure that this happens.
We continue to covet your prayers as we get closer to the launch time of this new software.
Mentor Tip
- Check e-mail regularly: Mentors are required to check their e-mail each day, except for weekends. Even if you do not receive a mentoree for a given time period, you should continue to check your emails.
- Responding in love: To respond back without sounding condemning or judgmental of situations, you can suggest that they are looking for love in the wrong places and point them to Jesus to meet their needs.
- Prayer: Prayer plays a vital role in mentoring. Pray before you write, pray while you write, and we encourage you to pray for the person in the body of the e-mail as part of your response.
- Setting Boundaries: We must be careful to set boundaries to those who are very needy and protect them from becoming too dependent on us. One suggestion to set limits is to e-mail for a few weeks, then end it by sending them to other resources that are available on http://www.counselcareconnection.org or as listed in our resource section http://truthmedia.com/resources If the person becomes dependent on you we suggest that you be direct with them. State that he or she needs to take responsibility for his actions and that the mentoring process needs to be completed. Forward several resources to those people who are becoming dependent.
Have an awesome week!
Terri
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