Yeah… I did.
Let me explain. Last Friday V squad got an email from our mobilizer. It said that she needed 6 of us to switch to W squad. Didn't really say why, just that it would help even out the squads and make them overall healthier. I immediately read the email and felt like my stomach dropped 1,000 feet. At first I thought it was because I was so sad that our squads could still change. That we might lose more people. 6 people is a lot!! I thought that there was no way I would ever change. I love V Squad! Some of the best people I've ever talked to. I've been getting to know them for 7 months! Get one of the newer people to switch, they haven't gotten to know everyone yet! I thought all these things… Right up until I scoped out W Squad's route.
V and W's routes are pretty similar except for 6 countries. Whereas V goes to the Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Ukraine, and Romania; W goes to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. At first this didn't really change anything to me. I mean, the whole reason I chose V Squad was because of South Sudan. Such a new, rough, awesome country. Barely any ministry has happened there. It jacked me up! It still kinda does! But then I started thinking about it, asking people about it, and praying about it.
I had never been particularly drawn to South America. Never had I ever felt like I wanted to do ministry there. That was until I went to the Dominican earlier this summer. The culture there is very South American, and I loved it. I loved the people, the landscape, the country.. Everything. So I started doing some small research on these South American countries. They're pretty much on the same lateral line as the Dominican. Meaning, they're probably similar to the Dominican. That just about sealed it for me. I liked the idea more and more, and the African countries they're going too are places I've always wanted to visit. South Africa sounds awesome, and I only ever heard of Swaziland because of the Race; so I wanted to go there too! So I was set on the route, but I wasn't quite set on leaving V Squad behind. How on Earth could I do that? Then I figured out that God was prodding me forward when I asked my squad about how they felt about it. They pretty much all said that they knew for a fact that they should stay. They felt a huge peace about staying. I did not. If anything, I felt a huge peace about leaving. In fact, the more I thought about it the less stressed it made me. So by the time I got the call from Kacie (aforementioned mobilizer) I pretty much already knew what I was supposed to do.
It's just like God to walk into my life like this and change everything around down to the wire. I feel like every time I have something planned or comfortable, or made a decision God comes in and goes… "Are you surrrrrrre?" Same way with the Race overall, same way with the Dominican trip, and same with my squad change. All that being said… I'm extremely excited about this.
To my V Squad pals: I'm gonna miss you guys. No joke, y'all are legit. One of the biggest blessings in my life thus far. Don't worry, I'm still gonna meet y'all at TC. I would feel like a total moron if I didn't. Can't wait to see what V Squad does while we're all out there traveling the world. We're gonna skype. Or oovoo. Whatever. Y'all are my friends for life.
To my new W Squad peeps: Hellooooo!! I can't wait to meet you guys. I'd be lying if I said I haven't stalked you a little already, but let's be honest pre-TC WR is made up of a ton of stalking. Y'all are a pretty awesome group! I'm pumped to go on this crazy insane journey with y'all. We're gonna do some awesome things. I'm ready to go!
So that's what God has been up to with me lately. Stirring my life up in the best ways possible. Fundraising has been going great, my local paper did a story on me for the Race, and I just switched squads. Crazy week.
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