It felt like training camp lasted forever but also like I just got there. I’ve had so many emotions running through me since I left home. Excitement, fear, anxiety, expectancy, doubt, love… But God is so good through it all. It’s definitely been a struggle being in a new place with new people but it’s also been a time of growth and learning. I’ve always been able to rely on some sort of familiar whether that’s family, friends, or whatever. But this is a time showing me that I need to rely only on God. One of my teammates read me these verses which reminded me of why I’m going:
“While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
??Matthew? ?4:18-22? ?ESV??
It’s so easy to stay comfortable but God tells us to follow him and trust him with whatever He calls us to do. Yes I love my family and it would be so much easier to not go, but this earth is not our home. I’ve definitely been telling God maybe, like if it’s comfortable for me, but He wants all of us so I’m going into this trip with open hands.
Back to training camp though, we learned about things like how to be a good guest, sharing the gospel, and living missionally. We did team bonding and learned how about to give feedback to each other through the lens of love. We cried we laughed and had a lot of fun. We learned that completing the human knot with 10 people is extremely hard if not impossible! We went days without showers and tried foods from all different cultures. But overall I feel more prepared going out into the field and am so ready to see how God moves. One flight down, one to go.
