So I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted a blog, I’ll give you a little update about what’s been going on in my life.
So end of month 3 we find out that we are going to be going into a month called “Manistry”, which means that all the guys will be together for the whole month without the girls. Having feelings about that was an understatement, I had to process that a lot before we got into that month.
Leaving my team, Breath of Life, I knew was going to be very hard. They had become much more than my team… they were my family.
I’ve never had sisters before but now I gained 3 new ones. They all have become a piece of my heart and I love them much more than I could express.
To Breath of Life (our team name)-
To the girls, thank you. Thank you for sticking together for each other when us guys couldn’t. You showed Jackson, Rodrigo and I how to be a team, but more importantly how to be a trio. Y’all’s immediate love for each other in month 1 was contagious and it made me want to seek out Jackson and Rodrigo more than I had been. You three also chose into calling people to a higher standard. You weren’t going to let me settle where I was spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. You challenged me to become more than the person I am, you pushed me become a better me, and then continued to love me during moments you might not have wanted to. Month 2 in Nepal was interesting for us as a team. From its ups and downs, it brought us closer together than ever before. Unity was a hot topic that month and I’ve never felt more unified then I did then. Month 2 was honestly really rough for me and y’all came through. Month 3, we sat at the dinner table every night and talked about the hard things, the good things, and I’ve never laughed harder than I did that month with y’all.
I love you 3 so much and I will be praying for you as you go off into your next teams.
To the boys, it’s crazy how far we’ve come. From not talking too much to each other in India, to getting to Zimbabwe and having “boys night every night”. We had some crazy times and some very funny times. The craziest idea we ever had was to shoot a horror film at midnight one night after watching the movie “It”. I’m sad we never went through with that, but good thing we are all from the same city so it will happen one day. I love y’all dudes like my brothers and I wouldn’t have asked for anybody else to start my season of brotherhood on the race. I’m praying for you as you head off into your next teams.
Blessed is an understatement of how I felt about my first team. Emotions running high, crying together a couple nights, crying individually for a couple nights. Laughing every moment we had. From yoyo’s, to the random phrases, to the morning walks in Zimbabwe (actually only the girls did that), to the random workouts we had, to the car rides, to the dance parties, to the movies we watched, to the ministry we did, to the growth we experienced.
I’m crying as I write this knowing that y’all aren’t on my team anymore. I’m going to miss y’all so much, and I love y’all.
As a Texan, which we had 4 of, we say “Texas Forever”. I’m gonna change it to “Breath of Life Forever.”
