So this blog is going to sum up the last few days on the race, but before I get there you should know something! I love being on the lake, they way the water sways you back and forth and just seeing God's creation from that vantage point makes me the happiest girl in the world!
Okay, so there are a few things in the past four or five days that have just made my life an emotional wreck!! The first thing that brought on the emotions was fundraising!! I knew it was going to happen, but I just had no idea how. The second thing that brought on the tears is debrief. Debrief always brings out the tears! And the last thing that made life so, incredibly emotional is the fact that it is the week before my dad's birthday, and I miss him.
Because of all of these emotional factors I have cried pretty much non-stop for the past 5ish days! But because God is so good, and He loves me so much, He totally and completely made me the happiest girl in the world!
Okay, so our squad has coaches, and our coaches are a married couple that we refer to as our squad mom and dad. Well Bruce showed the prayer video that I posted in a previous blog to his co-workers and they agreed to cover the cost to get us all through the deadline that came and went yesterday. They agreed to pay about $11,000 to make sure that we all stay on the race!! But on top of that I had a giant increase in givers, from people that I don't even know!! God has totally been so good to me!!
Debrief was great, I got to spend a lot of awesome time worshipping, fellow shipping, and just processing the month.
As far as the whole missing my dad thing goes, nothing will ever take that away. I will always miss him, and I might even cry about it sometimes! But…my friends here on the Race are incredible!! Alex and Jake make my world go 'round! Yesterday we went to the lake, which is absolutely beautiful and surrounded by volcanoes and mountains. We had every intention of renting kayaks but it turned into something so much greater!! We ended up renting a private boat for about two hours and just enjoyed being on the lake while talking about anything and everything! It was the best afternoon that I have had in a really long time!
So now Debrief is officially over and we are sitting in the airport waiting to jump on a plane to Miami, then to New York, and finally to Albania; and we are all going! Not one of us will be left in the states because God is good, and He has placed an incredible call on our lives! And I would dare say that I am still pretty emotional, but instead of coming out in tears, I can't help but smile, laugh, and I really want to just scream with joy!
