It is nearly 1am, and I am sitting in the conference room here at Adventures In Missions, and as I do, I am watching Community (with a capital ‘C’) come alive. Currently, there are 5 other amazing World Race women sitting here learning how to blog, some of them for the first time.
We are all sitting here typing furiously, trying to complete an ‘assignment’ and some girls are struggling. But we are all pulling together, to talk about how to write. About how to say what we are feeling. About how most of think that we are awful writers, and why would anyone want to read what we write? Why does what we say matter? What is our family going to say when they read this? What about our friends? We are working to get this done, but we are doing it joyously. There is much laughter and frequent giggling. And at moments, there is wonderful open-hearted sharing. And Jeff Goins is here too… being a wonderful trooper and supporter for us (bless his heart, he has promised he won’t leave until the last of us is finished, and someone new just walked in five minutes ago) .
At one point, one of the other girl’s and I were looking at current race blogs, and we pulled up a video. Suddenly, we were 7 women, huddled around a computer screen, crying, as we watched the racers in the field, knowing that in three short months that will be us. It was a powerful moment.
Two of the girls here had a hard time processing their thoughts and writing at the same time, so two others jumped in to ‘be their hands’ and type for them. It was beautiful to watch. This night has been wonderful. Community happens on The World Race, even in Training Camp. Community Happens.
