Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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We’re just now winding down from the World Race training camp hoopla last week. It’s amazing how the AIM office just comes to life during training camp. Everyone has a job to do to make things run, last minute details are being taken care of, new faces arrive hopping off the bus from the airport, and our amazing teachers arrive ready to light some fires in people’s hearts.

I love that aspect of training camp. I love that AIM brings out their best and brightest during these times. They enlist seasoned prayer counselors and fly in trusted pastors and teachers to lead and guide this new group into greatness. Really, the teachings each night are my favorite part. I love being in the presence of greatness. I love being around people who have ‘been there and done that’ and have the stories to prove it. I love that their hearts are for my generation and that their greatest desire is for us to walk as sons and daughters of the King.

I love the encouragement that they bring. I love the life they speak. I love the prayers they pray. I love the way they inspire. I can truly say I’d love to be like them when I grow up. J 
 

Inspiring. Honest. Experienced. Trustworthy. Passionate. Genuine.

These are things these people encompass with seeming ease and I want to learn from them how to get there. It’s honestly been hard for me to admit lately that I’m not everything I want to be quite yet. I haven’t ‘made it’ or felt incredibly accomplished these days. I sometimes wonder where my passion has gone. I question my own genuineness and find it hard to inspire myself, let alone inspire others.
 

Truly, I’m learning what it means to not be finished, but to be in a place of brokenness. I’m learning that I can’t do things on my own. I’m learning that I need people with more experience around me. I’m learning to let people in, letting them see me at my worst, allowing them to speak into my life, and most importantly learning to ask for help.

The truth is, I haven’t made it to greatness and neither have the inspiring teachers at AIM. We’re all a work in progress, but we’re on our way. We’re taking steps towards greatness and we’re helping each other get there. I’m learning that this is perhaps the most important part about community-pursuing greatness with others.
 
I think it starts with knowing that we aren’t great by our own rights, but to get there we’ll need to submit to Christ and submit to one another. This is where I start my quest for greatness….by opening the door of my heart and letting others in.