Fifteen
hours of driving, flying, and sitting in airports. Who knew God could
use that time to so richly bless me? Two probable supporters later, I
understand what He had in mind when He gave me such a long day of travel
in so many places with so many flights. On one flight, I met a
wonderful man who asked if he could keep one of my postcards, then told
me that he and his wife loved supporting people like me and he would
talk to her as soon as he got home. The second was a rich, wonderful,
talkative elderly gentleman who informed me that he loved what I was
doing and said I might receive a check from him. Praise God!
Wow. Ok.
So training camp has been mind-blowing. I had no idea what to expect
coming in; no preconceived notions, no formulations, nothing. I’m on Y
Squad – 33 women and 14 men of God. We have all come together and in a
very short amount of time, have become an extremely tight-knit family.
Despite my worries of not jelling in relationships with the women, I
haven’t had too many issues with that.
Can I just say that worship
here has been absolutely incredible! The prayer and song has been so
amazing, so refreshing! Never have I danced so freely with no fear of
shame or rejection, praising God and feeling His very life and breath
flowing through me. I know this will be really weird for some of you,
but I saw visions while worshiping – a great light shooting up from this
place in the green, piney hills of Tennessee and angels coming close to
drive the demons back; freedom and forgiveness from my insecurities and
inadequacies, my disbelief in myself, from my anger and pride; standing
on the edge of a great divide and leaping off and being lifted, dancing
and spinning in golden light to praise my heavenly Father. There are so
many awesome things being seen and done and prophesied for this squad!
It’s empowering. But I can also feel so much more strongly the spiritual
warfare that is swirling in an ever-increasing frenzy about those of us
preparing to leave.
We are getting close to the time when we are
split into teams. Even before joining The World Race, I was extremely
rebellious about being put on a team of only females. All of you know
that I gravitate towards guys. And I knew this would be a struggle for
me. I also knew coming in that God wanted me to be on an all-female team
for at least the first half of the race. Over the past two and a half
days, He has worked a complete miracle and change of heart in me! I am
now SO EXCITED and SO ENTHUSIASTIC about being put on a team to work
with my sisters in Christ.
Augh, there are sooo many other things
I’d love to tell you all about, awesome life-changing things. So when I
get back in a week, make sure you ask me about it! Alright, it’s time
for dinner so I need to head out. May God bless all of you!
