Training Camp’s long over-do blog!
Wow! I know this has been a long awaited blog about training camp! And it was hard to write, because it’s hard for me to put into words how I encountered the spirit of God at camp. It’s hard for me to put a limit or put into a paragraph what God did in my life the week of October 19th it was just so amazingly overwhelming and an overall life changing experience. But here it goes!!!
October 19th 2012
I had woken up to an amazing breakfast, the amazing Yohan family I stayed with was so sweet and kind enough to give this Californian a taste of what southern breakfast is like. IT WAS AMAZING! I was so in love with the beauty of the trees and how gorgeous and green everything was, they probably thought I was crazy cause I was taking pictures of their house and the trees and the town. But I was mesmerized by how gorgeous Georgia was. Along with a full stomach of yummy food, was a stomach of butterflies and nervousness…I did not know what to expect. I got there and everyone seemed so much more different then his or her small facebook pictures. I was so nervous thinking, “what if they don’t like me!” “Am I really the only Mexican girl here?” “OH god the left me in the woods with a bunch of crazy white people!!!” “Why didn’t I feel prepared enough to meet everyone?” all these questions filled my mind… But what I didn’t know was that I was about to meet the most amazing people. I was about to meet lifetime friends, sisters and brothers. What I didn’t know was that I was about to embark on a week full of brokenness, grieving processes, physical, mental and spiritual struggles and crazy dance parties in preparation for something bigger….
I never really felt I could just let go of my emotions… and just cry… and be the biggest cry baby ever, and have people still like me or still want to be my friend… until after training camp. May sound crazy, but oooh maan it happened! I cried like a baby! And there were people who have actually been through the same thing or have felt the same way! Whaaaaaaaat!?!? This was nuts! Never have I ever felt so excepted to be the weirdo, crybaby, girl who really doesn’t have all the answers, full of love and life, and willing to let others know her pain and sorrow, to let others teach me. Yep I was able to be that girl. I was able to finally feel like Tatiana Famania. We had teachings everyday, to show us how it’s okay to be broken and how grieve sins or regrets in our lives that we may have never dealt with before. We learned how to trust GOD, and I mean TRUST!
There was a night where all 57 of us had to pile onto a bus!!!! I really need to trust God that night, trust that I wasn’t going to hurt someone for not giving me the proper space, trust God to give me the strength to get through the night… and he did. I sang Disney songs all night and laughed at BUG LAWSON! She’s great by the way… check out her blog! Any way it was that night that I trusted God that I let down my guard towards the people God had put into my life that week, and that night I truly believe we became a family.
After getting to know this clan of people I have grown to love and need them in my life. I have found my new family for
