Romania Month 2

 

First off I want to apologize for the lack of communication on my blog.  This past month has been hard for me and so many different changes have happened to our squad as well. I was waiting to make sure it was all over with before I put my thoughts and words in my blog.

 

So here it goes….

 

Thank you for your prayers for my squad and for me this past 4 months as we have been on the Race.  I have definitely felt them and have been encouraged to keep fighting for His Kingdom even when it is difficult.

 

After last month in the village outside of Targu-Mures Romania we came to Bucharest for this month.  Leadership decided it would be good to have our entire Squad of 33 people to live together and do ministry together.  I wasn’t really looking forward to that at all, but God prepared it this way in advance, for all the change that was going to happen. 

 

 

 

It was probably the third day that we were here that Patrice, Gretchen and Tiffany (Squad leaders) called me to their room to talk. I had no clue on what they wanted to talk about. They had been praying for my team and I often to see God’s plan for all of us and to help us all grow in Him.  They felt God calling them to split up my team and put us on the 4 other teams. That was some pretty tough news to take when they told me and it was tremendously hard to focus and try to seek God in all of this.  They wanted me to pray about it, but not talk to anyone on my team because the decision was not made yet.  The next 36 hours were probably the hardest time on this entire Race so far, but also for me I was able to find comfort in Him and have complete trust in Him and His plan for my on this Race. I am in Control, He kept reminding me of this and also to trust in Me. With those words from God I knew that the changes needed to happen for all of us.  His plan is PERFECT and is soooo much greater and bigger than any plans we can even imagine. It was really hard not to talk to my team about it even though they knew something was going on.  God was talking to them and giving them peace about it as well and they didn’t know what was going on. That actually helped me knowing they were trusting in Him, since I still care about every single one of them and I want them to grow in their walks with God and want what is best for them.

 

 

With this change I was going to be on Team Neon and I was really excited to work with Will and Matt, two guys I really connect with and actually have guys to hang out with on my team. This also made the change easier knowing that they would push me to grow in my Faith but also I was excited to be comfortable with 2 other guys on the team that would step up and preach/teach if need be and I could sit back and relax. Well God had other plans again and laid Team Fuego (now In.tent.city) on Will’s heart to lead them, because Tiffany was moving up to become Squad leader.  Wow, I wanted a walk in the park after what I went through with my team being split and the battles I was fighting with Satan attacking me. He kept feeding me lies that I wasn’t a good leader and that I’m let my team down. I was very frustrated with this and was wondering why God would do such a thing to me. I was being selfish and not wanting to see God’s perfect plan for me. Yes I went through some tough times and the last thing God wanted was for me to relax and enjoy being comfortable, because I would not grow that way. And I’m so glad He planned it this way, because following Jesus isn’t easy and it requires a will to fight for His Kingdom every Day and this I have learned during all these changes.

 

Sorry for the long blog. If you have more questions or want more detail please contact me through the contact link on the left and I will be happy to answer you.

 

My new team is Bamboo Brigade…..Blog will follow

 

This month we have been living at Casa Shalom and it used to be an orphanage.  It now has kids camps and other ministries that we have been helping out with.  We have been going to the local parks as well to do ministry there and to a church here. The main ministry though has been with our Squad and with our new teams.  Getting united and truly being intentional with each other to ask the hard questions and love each other like Christ loves us.

 

We leave Monday the 21st to meet up with 2 other Squads and a bunch of Alumni Racers, Staff and Speakers for a conference called the Awakening. Please be praying for this event. We head out to Israel on the 26th.