Training camp…where do I even start? I have spent hours processing and still it is hard to fully explain all that happened during the last week.
IT WAS HARD. IT WAS INTENSE. IT WAS RAW. IT WAS REAL.
New sleeping conditions every night: from three people to a tent to sleeping on an “airport” floor to out under the stars and all the rain in between. My stomach shrunk as we ate cultural food every day, often times with our hands, and always with our community. I learned to embrace the porta-potties, dirty clothes, greasy hair, and freezing cold bucket showers. Never in my life have I only “showered” twice over eight days but it didn’t kill me. I survived without coffee for a week.
Tent City
Airport Night
I spent a week getting to know and love P-Squad and can honestly say, “there ain’t no party like a P-squad party cause a P-Squad party don’t stop!” I never thought I could love 54 people as much as I do after only knowing them for one week. But that’s what God did. We danced and sang. We laughed, cried, prayed, and spoke words of truth and blessing over one another. We were healed emotionally and physically.
P-SQUAD (we will travel to each country together)
He blessed me with Team Joyous Light, a team of beautiful women who all want to be transformed by Jesus in order to transform the world for Him.
Team Joyous Light (the ladies I will be doing ministry with each month)
From left to right: Rose, Kate, Alicia, Emily, me, Nancy, and Hilary
I was stretched. I had to be honest and vulnerable about my fears, pains, and struggles with myself and my squad. Jesus opened my eyes to help me see my self-reliance. He made me aware of the voices I have listened to rather than tuning in to the His voice. I saw the Holy Spirit work in ways I had never before experienced and I craved more of it. The Lord broke me. Through my thick skull, He showed me my lack of trust in Him and started turning my heart inside out, giving everything over to Him. I was reminded of my worth and beauty in His eyes. I am loved and chosen and a royal daughter in His family.
Training camp was just the beginning of this journey. He is continuing to unveil the mess that is my life; one that I thought was going pretty well. If nothing else, training camp was a glimpse of the radical change the Lord is going to do in and through me, my team, and my squad over the next year and I am SO stoked for what He has in store.
This is obviously just a glimpse into training camp and I would LOVE to share more with you!! Please email me or call me if you want to hear more (CONTACT ME link is to the left!). Also, if you are in Rome on Saturday (10/25), please come by the 7 Hills Building (next to the DeSoto Theater) for the Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser!
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7
