I woke up at 4:30 am this morining to leave training camp and go home. I had one of my teammates take me to Alanta which was about an hour away because the shuttles from the camp couldn’t take me that early. So by 5:10 we were packed up and had just pulled out, we got about 2 minutes away from the airport and stopped at IHOP at about 6:20 am then we ate and he dropped me and the other squadmate off at the airport. I rushed around to stand at the baggage line for bout 15 minutes then they moved me to the priority line only to be told that I had missed my flight by about 10 minutes… well no surprise there, I have always been bad at time management. I could have got upset that I wouldn’t be home till later, or that this is the second time writing this blog because i accidentally deleted it. I could’ve been worried about all the things I have to get done such as getting my India visa, making myself prepared to leave for 6 weeks on a 9 month journey, getting ready for this trip-or even the fact I gotta raise another $4,000 before then. As you can see, there’s a lot of things that need to get done before this missions trip, but instead of being stressed/ mad, I was just overcome with peace trusting that God would take care of me and I was right. Delta put me on priority flyer and moved my flight and put me in first class for free. That doesn’t happen often at airports leaving Georgia but I trusted that God would move for me. Now I’m sitting here drinking coffee writing to all my followers and supporters and having a heart full of joy. I think God wants to move into our life often but we get so caught up in all the things that are happening that we don’t give Him a chance to or we don’t notice the opportunity. So how does one go about learning to just trust in the Lord and his strength? Well for me it happened at training camp; I was talking to the Lord while i was in deep prayer for a few hours one night and the following morining. I was praying for my family, friends, wisdom and many other things. Then the Lord spoke to me, well it was more of a commandment to me. He told me to fast until after the fitness hike. Okay y’all the fitness hike is a 2.2mile hike that has to be done in 30minutes with your team plus it was 2 days away. Now if y’all expected me to say I said yes Lord, be prepared to be disappointed because I said no. Then he told me again to fast. I said Lord this is training camp I need my nutrients and strength and energy so I don’t drag my team down, but He still said “fast Alec.” and I responded (with attitude) “why Lord? why should I fast?” then he said “Because you deppend too much on your own strength, and I want you to depend on mine” then the only thing I was able to say was okay. I mean what was i supposed to say? He basically said son I want you to depend on me because I will help you and I will carry you. So I started my fast thinking it would be over in 2 days. It was hard especially in the Georgia heat and it did not help that I missed some of the best meals of training camp. But I simply was on my own with the Lord. Just about every meal I decided to take bucket showers, just to get my mind off of it. I would also pray because it was the only time I wasn’t hungry. My fasting at the most inconvenient time actually inspired another member of my team to fast with me the second day. so after 2 days the day of the hike was up. There were two separate hikes; one after breakfast and one after lunch. And of course we got the one after lunch and on top of that we were the very last squad to go. I was hungry and tired all the way up until about 10 minutes before the hike. I kept praying for strength and endurance and He kept telling me He had me. Then the hike began and I had energy, but not only a little bit of it but more energy than lightning and my endurance was unbelievable and I was the one encouraging the most. I knew in that moment the Lord would never fail me. What’s the point of this whole blog thing or even this one in particular? Well honestly i don’t know but that’s the beauty of it because God does. So just trust Him and I’m sure he will bring you through trails and tribulations.
