So I am officially 10 days away from launch! It’s crazy to think that last year I was waiting for the different routes to open up so that I could finally apply to the World Race Gap Year. Now here I am at my favorite starbucks in Roswell GA savoring each moment I have with the people here, excited and nervous for what God has for me and my team. Some of yall have heard me mention my team and small details about them but with this post I wanted to dedicate it to my world race family.
To begin with I absolutely LOVE Jen, Libby, Tyler, Victoria, Issac, and Christal. They bring me such joy every time I speak to them (which is almost every day). From training camp we have grown closer, we encourage one another in every way possible from freaking out over the donations we have been given or what God has done in our lives to laughing about the amount of food we have consumed in exactly 5 minutes. I feel at home with them, I know when those 10 days are up and I have to leave my family and life here in the U.S. they will be there to hold my hand. When I got to camp I was so scared about who was going to be on my team.
See what happens is that you are in a squad of people all going to the same countries but you get split into smaller groups of 6-8 people of all girl or co-ed groups. I knew I wanted to be on a co-ed team because I have 3 brothers and I knew that I needed that brother figure with me on the race not only because I felt more protected but because I am also more of a Tom-boy than girlie girl. I also wanted to be on a team of girls who were different yes but still able to connect on a deep level, sharing and treasuring each moment we have together. Can you see why I was so scared?! The team building skills were fun but at times the groups I was in we couldn’t work together, I loved them but as a team we just didn’t love working together. On day 7 we got to find out who our team was, the whole day you could feel the nervousness building up. When I was called up with the others we sat down and were told this would be our team and all I could do was smile. God heard my desires and providing, I was on a team with incredible sisters and brothers.
Now no team is perfect but man are we close. We love to joke and all each person wants is for the other to succeed. We have different views on things but I love hearing how they think about how to approach a situation or why they believe certain things. Also God has seriously gifted these people! I am so excited to see how these gifts are put into action and how they will change lives. We are not perfect, I know it’s going to be hard and that we will fight but the incredible thing is that we worship a God who is perfect. He is going to lead our steps, “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6.
I introduce to you my team, Christal, Issac, Libby, Tyler, Jen, Victoria, and I.
We are Tetelestai.
