So I know that all my blogs have been pretty much straight up independent documentary videos of my adventure to travel around the world in a year. Mostly about; what God is doing in my life, talked about my Dad, FUNraising, and how God called me to be an ARMOR-BEARER! Since this is my first time actually writing a blog (instead of doing a video) God has asked me to get out of my comfort zone to actually start writing on my blog because it is definetly not my strong suite.
So let me start out by talking about what God really challenged me during my time at training camp. It was during my Man Hike to the Appalachian Trail where two of my brothers in Christ who are on my team, one of my trainers on staff, (who became a brother in Christ) and also one guy named Dave who led our twelve mile hike. First part was the hardest part because we ended up going up the mountain for at least four miles and was told to pace myself and to not drink all my water. It really got me shook up when I realized I was out of shape and had a heavy backpack on the whole time. But when we took our first break, we got to see this wonderfu, excellent and amazing view of Gods creation which was so breath taking I couldn’t contain myself. One of my coaches on my trip is an awesome guy named Jimmy Mayo and was on the hike for the first hour. I remember him telling me about Honor and respect and how to show the sisters on my squad what it means to be a MAN OF GOD! The reason I put that in all caps is because that is the most important thing for any man to be one. So during the hike we were about halfway through it we got asked to have 30 minutes of silence between us and God. During that time all I thought about I how bad I treated women in my past and how much they took advantage of me when I was desperate and alone. But when I first got to training camp I had that same mindset which Satan was trying to attack me with. There was a point at camp where I fell at my lowest point and one of my Sisters in Christ reach out to me to see if I was ok. I told her after crying the first time in Four years I’ve never felt closer to God than I ever had. That there she showed me more of what being a Man of God was all about.
Now I’m still hiking, probably three miles to go til we get to the end. We had to stop one more time and we had to pretend one of my squad mates broke their ankle. So then we had one person carrying him and the other carried our backpacks. I carried backpacks the first leg then I carried my squad mate the rest of the way. That point of the hike i felt more energized and ready to do more hiking. But my Body didn’t agree with me the next morning haha Lol. So when every squad of men got to the end of the trail, Deon a great Man of God brought us food and a message for us which intrigued me more about what a Man of God really was. Man I love that GUY! After that me and my squad made a camp fire. (THE MEN OF OUR SQUAD) Got to listen to some deep testimonies of our struggles with lust and pride. Which are two big things that a man battles but it’s something the shouldnot have chose to battle because there is no reason to have to fight it. I know that sounds kinda harsh but the way I have treat women in my past doesn’t give me the right to do that anymore. I know now that women are not objects and they should not be sold into slavery. I’ve felt kind of a calling that Lord has put in my life is help save women from those situations and to show young men how to treat a woman. It makes me excited to be a loyal husband and father to a daughter someday. That’s what God showed me on being a MAN OF GOD on my MAN HIKE!!!!
