7/24/20
Our time in Monument, Colorado is coming to an end. We leave on Monday for another town near Denver to spend 10 days. It’s been a crazy 3 weeks, but I’m grateful for everything we’ve gotten to do and experience in our time here.
I’ll start off by telling you things didn’t go according to plan. It turns out our first weekend camping we were exposed to a case of Covid, so we learned that the next Thursday and had to quarantine for a week. That time of quarantine wasn’t wasted by any stretch of the imagination. God used it to help us with building unity as a squad and with processing together the trauma of being removed from Peru the way we were.
You all should know that what happened in March traumatized us, and it never got resolved because of the fact that we and the rest of the world had no idea how Covid was going to resolve. So, now we’re navigating the next steps of what a new World Race looks like while also processing the emotions of our original experience and the loss we’ve experienced. We are the only squad to all relaunch together after we were removed from the field. The fact is, God is not done with our group and we know that and want to explore together what God has in store for us.
Of course, none of us could have predicted that part of the plan was a week in quarantine, but I’m honestly grateful for the experience for a few reasons. As I said, the time for building squad unity and processing our trauma together was invaluable, but besides that we now can relate to others who have faced quarantine and the uncertainty of being exposed with a potential for getting sick. Covid is no joke. We have to be careful. We have to do everything we can to protect ourselves and the public because we are a large group with a potential for exposure. Personally, I take it seriously.
So, in these 3 weeks in Monument, we did ministry for 2 weeks and quarantined for 1 week. Praise the Lord none of us got sick with Covid. Praise the Lord we have been able to continue ministry with a renewed sense of energy and squad unity, and a new understanding for the fear and inconvenience and waiting that comes with Covid for some people in this world.
I know that some of you reading my blog have been traumatized by Covid. Your experience hasn’t been a simple quarantine for a week and come out perfectly fine on the other side. Fear is real in this season in our country. I encourage you to share your experience as you need to with those you trust. You don’t have to live through this experience alone. We’re all in this together. We’re all being impacted in one way or another.
But I also do believe God has a plan for this season in our world. God will do and is doing great things. I’ve heard so many stories of people reading their Bibles in the time they’re cooped up at home and finding a relationship with Jesus. It’s funny the things that happen when people are bored. I don’t pretend to understand the plan. I don’t pretend to understand why now. I don’t pretend to understand why we’ve lost people in this world to Covid. I just feel peace and assurance in knowing there is a plan. God didn’t fall asleep at the wheel and wake up to find Covid running rampant across the globe. He knows. He sees. He sees you. He knows your experiences. Lean into Him, and you can figure out this time and this plan for your life together with Him. Even if you’re home by yourself in this time, know that you’re never alone.
God sees. God knows. God has a plan. God provides.
