Training Camp….I’ll be honest I had a lot of reservations going into Training Camp. this whole process with the World Race has been an internal battle of whether this was really what I was to do for the next year. And because I wasn’t totally sure, I went into training camp hoping that it would go by fast. No sooner did I realize that I had broken out of my shell engaging in conversation with people I had just met a day or two into camp (some in my squad and some not). I had no idea how much I would come to really appreciate the 45 people in our squad – good people, good community. Not only that, but the questions and even some insecurities about the World Race in general were slowly fading away; by the end of the week those doubts were gone. There wasn’t one particular moment that changed my heart or mindset. I think it was it was more or less the fact that more activities we had, the more I felt God gradually breaking down walls and giving me peace about doing the World Race.
Overall training camp was great in terms of what we learned about God, ourselves, and our trip. But, now the reality of what we are going to do will inevitably set in over the next couple of months. I know that this is not going to be an easy experience. Even though I figured from the start that this was going to be a challenge, I also knew it was going to be a time of growth. And in all honesty, that’s what I hoped for walking into this whole thing. At this point in my life I want to grow and be stretched in order that I can grow deeper in my relationship God and I know that this experience will do that.
Training camp has already set my World Race experience in motion.
India, Nepal, Romania, Moldova, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, and Malaysia.
