It is Friday! My inbox is less than 120!! The temperature is over 80! So many awesome things to celebrate! haha! I am sitting at my desk on Friday afternoon feeling very excited! I was out of the office earlier this week to visit with some very special people and it was glorious. And I sit here watching the office buzz with anticipation of the next few weeks.
Beginning next week we all lose our lives (again.) to the amazingness that is training camp! We welcome over 150 new racers to the woods of Tennessee (location change this year. again.) and I could not be more excited! Halfway thru training camp I will jump on a plane to my beloved Guatemala to debrief the V squad. It is going to be an awesome few weeks. Full of wild dancing, passionate prayers and lots of Jesus love.
Sometimes the time between January and May can be long. We spend all spring gearing up for the summer and fall. We sit thru lots of budget discussions, marketing plans, support coach phone calls and various other odds and ends all for this moment(s)……
Will you pray with us? Here are a few hints to get you started:
**the staff and serve team for this camp. camp can be exhausting. pray for rest, peace, GRACE, supernatural abundance of love.
**the racers. they are walking into a massive transition in their lives. many have sold homes, quit jobs, left families, etc…they are typically wide-eyed, terrified, and excited. all at once. it is beautiful!
**the message. the bottom line of this whole deal is the message of Jesus. His love, grace, forgiveness and demands to spread the word. pray we do that with honor, love and grace.
**partners. i still need monthly partners to continue to serve with the World Race. as the busy season approaches my ability to communicate well and drum up new partners dwindles. pray I honor current partners well and that they know how loved and appreciated they are.
Here are some pics of my weekend last week with some of my favorite people on the planet. You will recognize their beautiful faces from my race in 2007. It has been FOUR years since I first began. ahhh!
Julie and I at the beach!
Jane and I.
