Our final team change of the World Race happened just before we left Europe to come to Zimbabwe. So, allow me to introduce you to the women I get the privilege of finishing the race with.
Zeal, a noun meaning great energy or enthusiasm in the pursuit of a cause or objective.
This is Abby. She’s a nurse from Johnson City, Tennessee. She’s a beautiful woman of the Lord, joyful, and incredible lover of people. She carries the peace of the Lord everywhere she goes, and can often be found laughing hysterically. I’m so excited to learn and grow with her in these last three months of the race.
Hopefully you remember AnnaGrace, she was on my first team! AnnaGrace is a graphic designer from Houston, Texas. She’s an awesome artist, and calligrapher. She loves dogs and all things weird. She also somehow manages to always look fashionable while living out of a 65 liter pack. AnnaGrace has a huge heart and freely pours out the love and wisdom of the Lord on everyone she meets. Team Zeal just wouldn’t be complete without this incredible lady.
Meet Hillary, a speech pathology major from Wheaton, Illinois. Hillary is someone I have been praying to be on a team with, so I was pumped when it finally happened. She exudes the joy of the Lord, and can usually be found loving on the littlest babies of the bunch. Her go-getter attitude and life of the party style are perfect for breaking the ice in new relationships and diving right into the changes we go through every month.
This is Joanna. She’s an English teacher from Colorado Springs,Colorado. She loves laughing, shortening words, and frequently uses the word dope. “You all are pretty dope humans.” Joanna sets a constant example of how to use ones giftings from the Lord well. Joanna and I connected during Month 2. She is someone who I admire and connect with. I can’t wait to be able to see her on a daily basis.
Meet Mikayla, a graphic designer from Bozeman, Montana. She’s an avid adventure lover with a crazy, fun loving personality. She is yet another example of a life lived full of the joy of the Lord. I am pumped to have to opportunity to get to know her better as we grow, learn, and serve alongside one another in these next three months.
This should be the second familiar face of the bunch. This is Danielle, she was on my second team, Team Bamboo. She is Media Communications major from Kentucky. She is crazy wise and knowledgeable. She is my go to for anything music related and I am beyond blessed to get to spend another 3 months learning and laughing with her.
Together, these wonderful women and I make up team Zeal. The seven of us decided that one of the most important things we wanted to maintain in these final months of the World Race was to keep the enthusiasm we had for the kingdom’s cause in the beginning all the way through to the end of the 11 months, and ultimately into the rest of our lives.
–Caitlin
