This weekend we had one of our squad mates come into Gainesville for the weekend. And so we did what any good squad or group of people would do, we got together for lunch on Thursday, and a sleep over on Friday.
There are 7 total women from A-squad here, I live with 2 of them, and work in the Adventures office with the other 4. However since being down here in January not once have we all gotten together and caught up or did life together.
So going to this slumber party on Friday night to say I was hesitant would be an understatement. I had been on a team with all these women at one point or another(except for one, but we spent 2 months together) but never spent time with them all at the same time. How was this going to look? And would they be able to tell that I just had come out of a pit for six months.
But I went because I do love these women and wanted to spend time with them.On Friday night we had your typical girl sleepover. We ate pizza, laughed, reminisced about this from our race,we watched Ever after on two mattress in the living room, and just enjoyed life. It was so good.
And little did we know it was exactly what we all needed. Just to be us and Laugh and enjoy the simple things of life. We all slept in the living room together and just talked and giggled like little girls do at a slumber party until midnight. (showing we are getting old, in bed by midnight…)
Saturday morning we woke up around 11am and enjoyed breakfast that one of the wonderful woman made. As we sat around the table we just started sharing a bit and talking about deep inner healing. I knew I had to share with these women that that is exactly what I just did last Wednesday.
As i started to share with my sisters who walked with me for 11 months how i had been in this dark pit since we got home from the race until last Wednesday. One of the other women sitting their invited us all back to the comfy beds in the living room to just share where we were at, what God was teaching us, and to pray for each other and see what God wanted to say about us.
This is when it hit me, how did I miss this community right here.These women who have experienced a lot of what I have, who saw the growth in me for 11 months, who know 42 of my other family members who traveled the world with me. And i haven't sat with them and asked them how they are doing, what the lord is teaching them, or told them what is going on in my life.
As we sat and shared our hearts and lives with each other for 5 hours, we shared laughs, tears, and most importantly things that we had been walking in since getting home. We formed something special in those hours, something that we had been missing and didn't realize.
God reminded me this weekend that I do have a strong community here. I have 6 amazing sisters here who love me, support me, and want to see the best for me. I feel the same way towards them.
What people has God placed in your life that you are missing out on knowing because you don't take the time?
