I guess it's about time for me to write the "our route was changed" blog. I am not sure if I would say I procrastinated in writing this one, or if I really just didn't know what to say.
A few weeks ago our route was changed from starting in Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda to now starting in South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique.
I wish I could say that I got excited to see where our new route would take us but instead my thoughts drifted back to training camp. I thought about those last few days of camp when rumors started floating around that a few routes changed. I remember hearing that one squad had been changed and would no longer be going to the South Sudan. That same squad was the one who had yelled so loud that the South Sudan was the country they were most excited for. I remember thinking that I was glad it wasn't the XSquad that had the change. I LOVED my route. I LOVED all the countries we were going to and I could not wait to hit the field. We escaped training camp without a route change and the "way too selfish me" was excited about that. I knew my squad and loved them. I knew my team and loved them. I knew my route and loved it.
Crazy thing about doing God's work..It is HIS work. not mine, or team Xuberant Joy, or the XSquad. This route change was His reminder of this. I am still grieving the loss of our 3 East African countries, but with this change has come a total new look at the World Race. It has allowed me to let go of even more expectations and learn to be happy and content just following the call of the Lord, regardless of where that may be. I am completely and totally pumped to leave for the World Race; even with our route change. The Lord is going to use us around the world in ways that we have yet to discover. He has such an amazing plan and we may never know why He has called us to 3 new countries, but He has called so we will follow.
