Well after many attempts I’ve finally packed my backpack. It weighs 35 lbs and I feel like there’s not much in there. Between the tent, sleeping pad, and sleeping bag I hardly had physical space for much else. I kept thinking, “I’m not even packing everything I intend to bring on the actual World Race. This is just training camp…. for one week. What’s going to happen in January?” So, I am seriously praying for a packing intervention at training so I can learn what I’m doing wrong.
On a different note, have you ever thought back to some event in your life that seemed insignificant at the time but turned out to change the entire course of your life? Well back in 1998 I decided to get a part time job at a gym. I thought, “I’ll get a job at a gym so I’ll be extra motivated to work out.” Well, that job ended up being really yucky where the boundaries of my ethics were pushed by money-hungry salespeople and I quit within the year. But getting that job led me to meet a lady that would end up being my best friend, Nancy. Her friendship led me to church, which led me to Christ, which led me to a new group of people at a bible study, which would lead to a change of education, which would lead to my current job, which led to new friends, who heard about the World Race, who mentioned it to me and now we’re at today. Who would have ever known that “I think I’ll get a job at a gym” could steer, alter and carve out this awesome journey I’ve been on so far?
Well, tonight I sit here and think about what training camp will be like. I’ve only been to “camp” once in my life and that was for Color Guard back in high school. So, I can’t know for sure what to expect at training. But there is this deep rooted feeling that tomorrow will again mark a major turn in my life. It’s like I am sitting in the audience of a fancy theater, with a ticket that I didn’t pay for, everyone around me is buzzing with excitement and the curtain has just begun to go up. I don’t exactly know what’s behind the curtain but I do know that it’s big. It’s big and unexplainable. I also feel like I haven’t prepared at all but yet I’m more ready now than I ever could be for whatever it is that is coming. Is that possible? Don’t know but feels like it.
Anyway, I don’t know what will happen at training but I do know that for once I don’t really care. I don’t have to know what the agenda is. I don’t have to control the details. I don’t need to have backup plans. For once I’m not scared to let Him lead. Lord, Your will be done. Not mine. What an awesome place to be.
Prayer requests:
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Please pray that the Lord be so present at camp that it will be undeniable to everyone
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Pray that as a squad we will bond in Christ so strongly that we will be a force to be reckoned with
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Pray that we be protected with a mighty hedge of protection from the enemy
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And pray that we all leave training changed
