This past week at training camp was
amazing and completely blew my mind.
Everyone on my squad is wonderful and I love them so much, we are one
big happy family. Coming into training
camp I had so many fears and anxieties. The unknown was daunting, goodbyes were
breaking my heart and the transition period to this new chapter in my life was
filled with a whirl wind of emotions that I had no idea how to process. Processing is officially taken care of, or at
least in the process of being processed.
The first 3 days we spent a lot of time on personal reflection, working
on our inner matters, challenging us with lots of questions and matters of the
heart that I would have never thought to ask myself. What I learned from these few days was that I
had many more heart issues to hand over to God than I realized. This was a hard few days, spiritually
challenging but oh so healing and glorious.
God
revealed so much to me during each of these sessions and has begun to show me
how much he is going to express His love to me this next year. He is going to love me so well, teaching me
more about His character everyday. This
year is going to be a growth year, transforming my life so that I display His
image through my life, more so than I ever realized was possible.
With
limited amount of food, you will do things you never thought you would. One breakfast we were clean up crew and tons
of food was getting brought to us on dirty plates. This food of course was meant to be thrown away
so that the dishes could be washed. What
does our squad do?… We ate it, yup we ate other peoples food, and it was soooo
very good.
I’m not
going to get into details but everyday we are presented with challenges that
presses our squad, allows us to grow together as a squad and put us in hard
situations that we will most likely encounter in the field. I think this helps with the transition
process, it allows us to go into this year being more aware of what we are
going to encounter. It makes us know we
are not alone in this, all 58 of us have similar fears, concerns, questions,
and all of us have each others backs and we will do whatever it takes in any
situation to make sure everyone is taken care of spiritually, emotionally and
physically. It’s shown me how much I can
take, how strong I really am. I have
done things this week that a few short days ago I would have cringed at the
idea of doing it.
I love my
family! It is evident that God ordained our groups long before we were at camp. He already knew exactly who was going to end
up in teams and it was divinely planned.
He loves me so much and even if I can’t see the purpose for a situation
he has put me in, it is not my place to be in control, God is going to take
care of us. I can’t comprehend His love
for me. I
Camp made
me so excited for next year! I can’t wait to see my squad in a month and see
all that God has in store for us! It’s our time to shine, we are going to the
world J
