As some or most of you know, training camp was last week Toccoa Falls, GA. What is training camp you might ask? It is a week of growing, challenges, and stretching that is set up to help prepare us for what's to come on our Race. Through biblical teaching, challenging sleeping situations, odd cultural rules, and great community the AIM (Adventures In Missions) staff hopes to prepare us for the up's and down's of life on the mission field.
This was my fourth training camp with them, and while this one was longer and some of the teaching and challenges different, I must admit I was struggling in the few days because the lack of effect it had on me. While the teachings were good, they were not new information anymore. While the living conditions were challenging it wasn't more than I knew I could deal with. My longing for change and challenges in my life was being let down at this training camp and yet everyone else seemed affected beside me. Why couldn't that be me? Was I just missing the big picture? And why was everyone else seeing what I couldn't?
God has a different path for me right now. While others are going into the Race learning to let go, trust, and live like He lived (wandering), I am learning that it's ok to have been wandering for the last 2.5 years. It's ok to not struggle at the same rate as others, and it's ok to have a different story while surrounded by people with a similar one to each other. Please don't take these previous sentences as me trying to convince you that I have it all figured out and am above the brokenness and abandonment that others are experiencing. We are in a constant state of giving things to the Lord and allowing Him to move through us and for us. From my own perspective now though, it looks different than what others may be going through.
While still unsure of my role in His plan and in my team I fully believe that it was not an accident that I ended up here. It was not an accident that I have the teammates I do and it was not an accident that I experiences training camp the way that I did. Each and everyone of us was placed here by the Lord and had a unique purpose on this team.
After all that I have some news. Change is here and it's in a good way 🙂
The countries which we have been called upon to go to have changed. Due to various reasons instead of going to Thailand, South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda V Squad will be going to Vietnam, Malawi, Mozambique, and Swaziland.
So, our entire route has changed to: Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Nepal, India, Ukraine, Romania, Swaziland, Malawi, and Mozambique.
I cannot wait for all of these countries and to see what God has in store for us. As sure as I was before, this is the route for me. I could not have chosen better and I am so so grateful that the chips have fallen this way.
Another change, or just something new really, is that our V Squad was divided into smaller teams in order to better serve our contacts. I ended up on Team Love Struck 🙂 There are 3 men (Garvey, Jake, and Ben) and 4 women (Bre, Angie, Karen, and myself). Our team again could not have been more perfectly put together and I know the Lord will use is in spectacular ways over the next 11 months.
Thank you all for your prayers and support so far and please continue them in abundance!
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