So Yeah…I’m back in the states and have been for the last 6
weeks or so. I figured it was about time
to make it blog official that I am home so this blog is about just that and
what the last 6 weeks have looked like being “home”. *Side Note* home is a relative term to me anymore. I arrived back in the states on Sept. 1st
early early in the morning, we actually flew into JFK in the afternoon but by
the time I laid in my own bed it was early morning considering all the layovers
and driving still. I spent a solid week
and half in Indiana before heading down south. The first week was relaxing, weird, strange, and good all at the same
time, adapting back to culture here in the states…some call it reverse culture
shock. Now I think I am over it but
every once in a great while something still gets me by surprise.
The
next week and half I went down to Gainsville GA to go to AIMs Awakening Conference
and Searchlight where I felt God’s calling to make next stage of life having to
be discipleship. I still don’t know what
that looks like exactly but the way I see it is that I need to find a mentor of
some sorts, someone who can intentionally pour into me as I find others who I can
intentionally pour into. I see
discipleship as a continual receiving and giving, the more you receive the more
you give. I think Jesus was a great
example of this. He would slip off to do
his priestly duties of receiving from His father, only to do and give away what
He saw His father doing.
After 3
weeks of being state side, I then started trekking up north to Greenville SC
where I spent the year before the World Race. I have been here now for the last 2 ½ weeks fellowshipping with friends
and sharing stories of God’s faithfulness all the while still trying to process
everything and see what the Lord has in store for me next. I am actually excited because during my time
in GA, God asked me to go back out to the field again. So this coming January. I will be co-squad leading with Chris and
Holli Scott for D Squad. We will spend 4
months pouring into the team leaders and the rest of the squad and serving them
in logistics and teaching them how to listen to the voice of the spirit and to
use their prophetic voices both for their own team and for the people they will
be serving during this upcoming year.
This
next Friday, I will take off once again and go back down to Gainsville for a
few days of Squad leader training and then on the 16th, a week from
today I will get a chance to meet my squad for the first time. This is super exciting but at the same time
there is a little bit of anxiety as this is a big role to fill and many things
to keep straight and a lot of people to love on. I know without a shadow of doubt that the
Lord is completely in this and that this is the next step in life that He has
in store for me but it’s scary stepping out in faith still. I’m excited to see as I step out in faith how
the Lord will show up and reveal Himself and an even deeper since of intimacy
will come about. Ask for prayers in the
following: Pray for the continued
traveling mercies as I still have many miles to travel the next few
months. I ask for more wisdom and
understanding and knowledge as how to co-lead this squad. I also ask for prayer for the finances as I
have to raise near $6000 for squad leading, this includes me going out at the
end of month 8 and 11 to revisit the squad on the field and speak words of
encouragement to them and debrief with the individual teams as they continue to
travel and meet a variety of challenges.
