November = Israel!
After a 3-day debrief in Istanbul, Turkey, where the squad enjoyed a time of fellowship and changes – we set off towards the promised land.
The changes included new leadership and team member placements:
- Squad Leaders – Aaron and Caroline (both have finished races before) will be heading home at the end of the month, as their season of leadership on-the-field concludes
- Dan Snyder and myself were appointed to take their place.
- Don (teammate) was raised as the new Team Leader of my old team, Proclaim i61 – which had a couple members swap as they morphed into their new identity – Team Olur (Turkish word for possible)
- The other teams also experienced changes with some new members and leaders as our blogs will soon reflect.
The changes were laced with joys and sorrows – as we left the comforts of the familiar…once again…and journeyed toward the excitement of the unknown.

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household (squad), we will serve the LORD.- Joshua 24:15
