I SAY SPIRITUAL & PHYSICAL BOOT CAMP!
A LOT OF UNKNOWNS LEADING UP TO THESE DAYS.WHAT WILL OUR LEADERS BE LIKE? WHAT KIND OF TEAM WILL I END UP WITH? WHAT EXACTLY WILL WE BE TAUGHT?…DO I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
MY TAKE AWAY IS HOW AWESOME OUR GOD IS. HE WAS WITH EACH ONE OF US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. EXACTLY HOW WE NEEDED HIM TO BE. SO MUCH LEARNING AND GROWING HAPPENED IN JUST ONE WEEK.I AM PHYSICALLY WIPED,YET SPIRITUALLY STRENGTHENED! SO MUCH TO SHARE.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START.I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE LEADERSHIP. SO MUCH LOVE AND PRAYER GOES INTO EVERYTHING THEY DO. NOTHING IS TAKEN LIGHTLY,YET THEY CREATE A VERY WELCOME CASUAL ENVIRONMENT.I FELT SECURE THEY WERE FOLLOWING GODS LEAD IN WHAT WAS BEST FOR US. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT YOU MAY ASK? IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE WE WILL BE SPENDING ONE YEAR WITH IN OTHER COUNTRIES TAKE SUCH CARE WITH US. I LOVE MY TEAM. I FEEL WE WILL HELP EACH OTHER IN SO MANY WAYS. WE HAD GREAT SPEAKERS FOR OUR SESSIONS. AWESOME TIMES OF WORSHIP WITH A VERY ANOINTED BAND. I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL OF US WE EXPERIENCED GOD’S PRESENCE IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY ALL THROUGHOUT TRAINING.
WE WERE PUT THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS. SUCH AS HOW DO YOU GET THE WHOLE TEAM TO SAFETY IF YOUR PLANE CRASHES AND EVERYONE IS INJURED IN SOME WAY, YOUR BUSS IS BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SO, YOU NEED TO MAKE CAMP WHERE YOU’RE AT WITH WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE OR YOUR LAY OVER FLIGHT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND YOU MUST SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE AIRPORT AND SO ON.
I’D LIKE TO SHARE ONE STORY IN PARTICULAR; THE NIGHT OUR “BUSS BROKE DOWN” WE WERE DROPPED OFF AT A CAMP SITE TO FEND FOR OUR SELVES TIL MORNING. WHAT!? WE CAME TOGETHER AS A TRUE TEAM. THE ASSIGNED TEAM LEADERS STEPPED UP AND TOOK PRIDE IN CARING FOR THEIR TEAM. EVERYONE FOLLOWED WITH RESPECT. WE ALL RELIED ON EACH OTHER TO GET THINGS DONE.
A COUPLE OF GUYS WITH “SPECIAL POWERS” MANAGED TO GET A CAMP FIRE GOING WITH DAMP FIRE WOOD. IT HAD RAINED MOST OF THAT WEEK UP TO THAT NIGHT. WE SQUEEZED ROUGHLY 30 PEOPLE ON ONE 8X8 TARP.
SPIDERS THE SIZE OF MY HAND WERE CREEPY CRAWLING EVERY WHERE! AND YET SOME HOW NO ONE WAS BITTEN OR HAD ANY TRAUMATIC ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SPIDERS.MIND YOU I HAVE HAD ARACHNOPHOBIA MY WHOLE LIFE. I DID EVENTUALLY CLIMB ONTO MY TEAM PILED ON THE TARP INTO MY SPOT HEADS ON ONE SIDE OF ME FEET ON THE OTHER. PULLING MY ZIPPER UP FROM MY SLEEPING BAG PRAYING NO SPIDERS WOULD ENTER. I ACTUALLY SLEPT. GOD HELPED ME CONQUER MY FEAR!
BEFORE WE CALLED IT THE NIGHT WE HAD ALL GATHERED AROUND THE FIRE. SO WARM AND PRETTY. WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE SINGERS AND A GUITAR PLAYER. WE HAD SUCH A SPECIAL TIME OF WORSHIP. A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF BONDING.SO COOL HOW GOD PICKED JUST THE RIGHT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE USA TO ONE PLACE. HE HAND PICKED EACH ONE OF US TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE. WE ARE ALL SO DIFFERENT AND YET WE COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER. OUR WEAKNESSES & STRENGTHS ARE BALANCED. WE ALL BECAME INSTANT FAMILY IN JUST 1 WEEK! WE ALL MISS EACH OTHER ALREADY. IMAGINE HOW WE WILL BOND AFTER A YEAR. AND THIS IS JUST ONE STORY OF MANY. THERE WERE MANY MORE ASPECTS ABOUT TRAINING WEEK I WILL SHARE.
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