I left on May 29th with my dear friend and former squad-mate, Gretchen, for Panajachel, Guatemala where we set up logistics before the June 2009 Squad arrived two days later. Two days later 35 new World Racers, some more staff, and the coaches came and met us.
I got to spend 10 days there with them and felt unbelievably at home the entire time.
Panajachel is a beautiful little hippie town on Lake Atitlan. The lake is made from volcanoes and is the center of many villages that descend from the Mayans. It wasn’t this fun and beautiful little city that made me feel at home though, it was simply being back out of my comfort zone.
Oddly enough, being uncomfortable has become my comfort. Maybe I can explain that better; being outside my comfort zone has become where I feel like I am actually living. It’s where my energy comes from. It’s where my excitement and boldness come from. It’s where my compassion comes from. It’s where I am operating fully on God and not on my own.
So what does that look like?
I don’t really know how to explain it.
In Guatemala it looked liked serving the teams. Encouraging them, speaking prophetically over them, worshiping with them, answering their questions, laughing with them, crying with them, and empowering them to go out and claim the nations that they are going to for the Kingdom. It looked like stepping out of my comfort zone to empower people into getting out of theirs.
And the whole time, I LOVED IT. I absolutely love being a part of sending out the new squads of Racers. It is such an exciting thing to be a part of their lives, empowering and loving them as they go out. And the beautiful part, that I feel like I keep learning over and over, is that in stepping out, it causes me to step in closer to God. Closer to Home.
So thank you June 2009 squad, for allowing me to serve you. For letting me become part of your lives. And for being an amazing group of people who will look and smell and act more like Jesus the next time I see you because you’ve stepped out of comfort.
