Back from training camp! The last ten days has been a wild time of discovery with my squad, camping out in red dirt, warm rain and thunderstorms. For the first time I watched a field on fire, tiny embers made of fireflies. I saw tiny flecks of green light reflected in the eyes of spiders after the sun would fall below the forest line. I was sung to sleep by what must of been a thousand cicadas, and awoke each morning to rustling sleeping bags and bird calls. I can’t believe how well my sweet Lord knows me. I get to write a new song, and rewrite parts of my heart that I have been withholding from him. How can I keep myself from not abandoning everything completely to follow a love like this? I am being called outside of my comfort and safety, and have been invited to build a church with my team. This week has been full of saying yes, from start to finish, and everywhere in between.
This trip is very much about taking ownership of Christ’s mission to make disciples. I have been surrounded by a world that emphasizes a self help message & at the end of the day, that is never going to compare to the power of the Gospel. In Romans 1:16 it says, “I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,” & I feel so humbled to lay down my everything, and accept Gods invitation to see His kingdom manifest, & am so committed to this team, they have my yes!
