A New Chapter

Usually I write blogs and edit them, but I’m just going to word vomit a little here, so bear with me. We left Moldova 5 days ago to head to Romania for our squad debrief. During this debrief we knew there would be team changes, new squad leaders, and new team leaders, so everyone was feeling very tense and uncertain of the future. When we arrived at our hostel in the morning in Romania after a long train ride through the night I was pulled to the side by our former squad leader Hollis. She and Noe are training up our new squad leaders John Hearn and Amiee Wood and phasing themselves out. She told me I needed to meet with her and Noe in a few hours, and honestly I was a little nervous. I’ve never been called out like that before besides with worship, and I thought I might be in trouble for something. After unpacking I met them in there private part of the hostel, which had be designated for them and the new squad leaders. They pull me into this small stuffy room and sit me down. Without any real preface besides we’ve been watching you and prayed a lot about this, they asked me if I’d like to be a team leader. WHAT!? I was speechless. They told me to pray about it to get confirmation from the Lord and get back to them. So I went back to my room and prayed. I was led to the story of Gideon in the Old Testament. How God used a man of low stature and made him into a mighty warrior who defeated an army with 300 men because he leaned on the Lord for his strength instead of himself. God was telling me that if I lean on him I can be that same warrior and that’s it’s time. He’s calling me out. So when I met with Noe and Hollis later I told them I would accept!