Forge Leadership Podcast. Episode 11 : Bev Kauffeldt

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Bev Kauffeldt

Senior Programmes Manager, Liberia

Samaritan’s Purse

Summary

Imagine knowing that every day you are coming into contact with a deadly contagious disease and then seeing two of your colleagues contract it. How would that affect your faith ? How brave and courageous would you be ? Bev Kauffeldt was the Lead Hygienist and then the Team Leader for Samaritan’s Purse at the time of the Ebola Crisis and here describes her love of Liberian people, why she went back to Liberia and how her sense of who she is fundamentally shifted as a result of the most horrific and dark experience of her life.

 “I learnt a very very tough lesson during Ebola where I thought I knew where my identity was. I thought I knew my identity was in Christ. But when everything all of a sudden is taken from you and you don’t know if you’ll ever get it back. That’s something that you never forget. And if you don’t learn from that then you’re a fool. And I think for me since that time there’s this incredible freedom to know that first and foremost and for all I care the only thing is is that I’m the daughter of the King. And so when I’m making decisions it’s not an ego thing it’s not trying to prove myself it’s not putting false expectations on my staff it’s letting them first and foremost know that their identity is in Christ. And when you understand that and are able to grasp that again it’s a daily struggle sometimes there’s an absolute freedom in serving because it’s not about you and if everything was taken away it doesn’t matter. Because that identity can never be taken away. I think that probably unfortunately and I regret that it took me you know what my first 15 years of being overseas to really get and an incredible crisis probably the worst crisis of my life to really have that right smack in front of my face and the Lord to say where where is your identity. Is it me or is it SP Liberia. And so I think for me that has completely shifted my thought process every day with every interaction.”

In this episode you will learn :

  • How your sense of identity is really tested in the midst of a life and death situation
  • The freedom that comes from truly knowing who you are
  • What true bravery and courage looks like

Resources  

Samaritan’s Purse UK Website

Samaritan’s Purse HQ Website

Facing Darkness Film

Show Notes

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