I’ve spent the last 5 days at Training Camp for The
World Race. We slept in tents and lived in ways similar to our future months
over seas. Being that I am not a typical camper (aka-NOT a camper!) there
were many things that I learned very quickly. Among the most important: setting your tent up on a hill
does NOT mean that when you sleep you will feel like you are sleeping in a
recliner! It DOES mean that you will slide to the bottom of your tent
repeatedly throughout the night and spend 6 hours crawling to the top and
trying to dig your fingers into the ground to hold yourself up! The camping part, though increasingly
better each night, will not be a continued experience on my race. This is reason to rejoice!
What didn’t take me long to get used to were the World
Racers and the AIM staff. They are
quick to love and never miss an opportunity to speak truth and life into
you. My squad is FILLED to the
brim with people who are wildly passionate about eradicating injustice against
the innocent! They were a constant
challenge to me and I know they will continue to be a source of growth
throughout our journey together.
Our squad has roughly 35 members. We range in age from 20-37 and come
from all over the country! Within
the squad there are 5 teams of 7 people.
My team is called WELLSPRING!
I’m so excited to be a part of this team and to spend 4 months living
and working along side of one another!
A future blog is coming that will introduce you to the WELSPRING team!!!
Training camp was wonderful and exhausting! There is much to process and prepare my
heart for. If anything, this time
helped to create a more true understanding of the realities that my team and I
will be walking into. Human and
sex trafficking is real. It
happens everyday, every minute, and every moment. It is a dark and hopeless world without the intervening of
God Himself! We are responsible
for lighting the darkness! Not
because He can’t on His own, but often He chooses to use His children to go and
gather the rest who are lost. We
are called and ready to go!
