Hey all! Sorry it has been a while since I last posted. Training camp was really good and quite busy. I am writing you from my cousin’s house in Florida. Below is my squad family that I will be traveling with!
There are 14 of us in this picture plus two of our team leads(Meghan, on the lower left, and Stephanie, at the upper right). From left to right in the top row is Jenny, Heidi, me (yes I am making a weird face, I decided to be silly and be eating cereal during the picture), “Snod”, Jordan, Jacob, Zack, Susanna, “Stone”, and Stephanie. On the bottom row is Meghan, Parker, Molly, Ari, Allie, and Ashley.
I love these people!!! When I first came to training camp, though, I wonder if I really fit in because of how different we are. But as training camp went on I realized how awesome these people are, because of who they are, and in ten days these people have become family to me!
I realize that I have spent much of my life with people that are similar to me because that is where I felt comfortable. I am so grateful to God that that is not the case with my team because I know that I need them and have so much to learn from them. I would go anywhere with these people!
Please continue to pray for the whole team, specifically as most of us still have a lot of fundraising to get done. Also please pray for Allie as she broke her foot during training camp.
There were a number of lessons that God was teaching me at training camp. The first is my incapacity to do anything unless the Lord enables me. I think it was the first day of training camp that the Lord showed me the pride and arrogance that was creeping into my life. He showed me that I had begun to think that I had figured out ministry and that I was going to bring people up to my level. I hate to say that and it sounds even worse in writing but I don’t want to hide it and pretend that I don’t have issues. I was really surprised me to see that in my heart and the Lord is teaching to just ask Him to change me and teach me Himself as opposed to me trying to change me for Him.
Another lesson was what Mama K, one of the speaker at training camp, shared; which is the fact that I am God’s problem. I am learning that I have a tendency to take responsibility for what is really God’s job. With God as my Heavenly Father and as the Groom of His church I can rest in knowing that He will fulfill everything that is on Him to do in light of who He is in relationship/covenant with me.
Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support, it mean so much to me. Please also pray that as I head back home in a couple days that I transition well; and that I let God take care of all the things that still needs to be done. I am still pretty tired so I hope this all came out right.
