We have the choice living a life in abundance or a life of lack. The choice of focusing on what is rather than what is not. I’m currently at training camp for the race(!!!) and we have definitely been putting this lesson we have been focusing on to use. Just a little update of what all is going on- We have been in and out of sessions and talks and activities for the past several days and are midway through. We’ve been focusing on preparing ourselves spiritually, logistically, culturally, practically, and community wise for things we will encounter this next year. Each day we have had a “culture” day where we eat meals similar to what we may have available to us in a given culture…this does involve sardine soup for breakfast! ek. but also some tasty stuff as well:) We’ve spent lots of time in prayer, worship, and teachings along with doing team building activities to get to know each other. This past night we went for a camping trip where we were told to partner up and take one pack of stuff and we were going to go out on a hike and camp for a night! I was a little concerned, but it was such a good time. Here, one aspect of the life of abundance and not of lack took place. We had praises for what we had rather than frustration of what we didn’t have. I feel like this idea has also strongly been emphasized in terms of our meals. I’m not ganna lie, it’s difficult to face little fishys in the morning, but we all managed to have a good time with this. Beyond the tangible level, I think we/myself have been working on this idea among teammates, really focusing on what people/myself have to bring to the table, rather than what I wish was available, be it skill wise, personality wise, etc. Fun side note, in all this and the whole training camp experience, I just feel I should note how awesome it has been to realize how God has been preparing me throughout the past for this trip without me even know. How crazy is that.
Much love to you all! 🙂
