2 Words… Training. Camp. Oh man, how does one try to sit down, sift through it all, and accurately explain how God changed their life in just 10 days?!
First off, I want to challenge and encourage those who aren’t living in Christ-like community to get PLUGGED IN! Y’all, community sets your soul on fire. It is so vital to surround yourself with fellow believers that will speak the truth to you about Gods word, to encourage, challenge and just walk through life with you. Before training camp I honestly didn’t have much community and I was getting down and isolating myself where it was easier for Satan to feed me lies and get me distracted on the path that the Lord was calling me on.
Then, I got to meet 32 AMAZING individuals and it rocked my world! Each one of them has incredible testimonies and gifts from the Lord. They all pushed and encouraged me in the Lord just by being their beautiful selves! Not to mention all the selfless and kind trainers and F squad mentors/leaders that poured into us the last week or so! I am so eternally grateful for every person I came into contact with.
Over 10 days I went from struggling with shame, guilt, and loneliness to growing in boldness, faith, and freedom!! God truly healed my heart and I 100% can feel and believe it!! We had so many training scenarios, sessions and services over the course of the 10 days, where God was slowly working in my heart and healing me from bitterness and unforgiveness. One of the main songs we sang during worship was called River by Josh Rene. Oh my lantaaaa! It’s SUCH A POWERFUL SONG. We sang it over and over again and every time I could feel the joy of the Lord and the Holy Spirit working in that room! Lives were getting transformed, relationships were mended, people found freedom and healing!!! Wow I am smiling just thinking about it!! Haha! I’m going to insert some lyrics to the song below but I highly suggest you go listen to all of it yourself!!! Here’s a taste:::
// Take me out to the middle of the river, I wanna drown in the good ole river of your love.
Yes Lord take me out, take me out.
I wanna ride on the river of your love,
I wanna ride on the river of your love.
I wanna dance in the river of your love,
I wanna dance in the river of your love.
Ooohhh Lord.
I wanna get lost in the river of your love,
I wanna get lost in the river of your love.
I’ve been healed by the river of your love,
Oh yes I have, Yes Lord!
I’ve been healed by the river of your love
I found my freedom in the river of your love,
Oh I’m free indeed! Yes lord!
I found my freedom in the river of your love.
I found my joy in the river of your love,
I’ve been baptized by the river of your love! //
I truly believe that chains and lies were broken off in me as I would declare those lyrics and surrender every hurt, fear and expectation over to Christ! For those who know me well I’m not the dancer type, but man, when we sang to Him all together something came over me. I believe it was the joy and power of the Holy Spirit and I just wanted to dance and dance because I found my freedom and joy in the river of His love!!! Y’all, God is so good and He just wants to lavish His love and goodness on to you! I encourage you to just jump into His word, worship, spend time with Him! He just wants you to spend time with Him and partner with Him in bringing the kingdom, and sharing His love and faithfulness! Ok rant over, for now 😉
So much happened over the past 10 days. I met my squad, hiked, camped out every night, ate delicious food from different countries, took cold bucket showers in the 40 degree weather, ate a cricket, learned a lot about prophecy and healing, evangelized in the town, and basically got massively pushed out of my comfort zone; but I wouldn’t have it any other way!!
If y’all want to hear more about training camp give me a ring, or text me! Haha Let’s meet up! Because I would love to talk more about what I did, saw, and how God moved in those short 10 days. 🙂
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Update: Regarding funds I am a little over 14k! Praise God!! Thank you so much for all the love and support! I have received my flight info for launch in January as well as my visas so it’s all getting SO REAL! I am so excited!!! Please continue to pray for my squad and I; for safety, health and that we will be refreshed and ready to go when it comes time to launch in January!
P.S. check out this video that was made by Adventures in Missions about my October 2017 training camp!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTzeN7wJI4
God Bless,
Hannah
