20 days…20 days! Is that even possible! It’s so hard to believe that in just 20 days I will be meeting my World Race squad…the people I will be doing life with for 11 months. We get to meet for a week of training camp from October 11th -18th. I am so excited to meet all these wonderful people and get to know them in person…to really interact with these beautiful souls. I have no idea what meeting my squad will be like…but I imagine it will be wonderful. To meet people who have that same desire to serve God throughout the world.
It seems that only yesterday I announced to my church that I was going on this mission trip. I remember how I felt while telling them…I remember their faces and the questions after the service. Now here I am, almost ready to leave, with most of my gear purchased and flights booked for training.
A lot has happened since I made this decision to go. Seasons has come and gone, fundraising has been done, I’ve discovered many things about myself (both good and bad) and I’ve had to come to terms with some things as well. Things I could never have imagined would happen. But that is a part of life and when you are planning for something for so long, there are bound to be bumps along the way.
I’m learning to rely on God in a new way and to be the person he wants me to be. And when he wants you to serve 11 countries in 11 months that can be a bit scary. It’s easy to say “someone else will do it” or “I’ll do something easier, Lord”. But that’s not TRUST or FAITH, that’s giving in to human strength, forgetting that we don’t do it on our own.
I’m so ready to start this journey. Training camp can’t come soon enough. On my own, I’ll never be completely ready. But with my family, friends, church and God supporting me, I will be able to go in HIS strength, with amazing people supporting and praying for me.
Psalm 23 King James Version (KJV)
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
