It’s day 3 of debrief and I’m exhausted.
For those of you not really sure what debrief is: it’s basically a few days (typically 3-6_ at the end of every few months (making this our third one since we started with one left) to rest, process what has happened since the last time we briefed with our squad parents, mentors, and leaders.
We debrief as teams and as individuals.
We arrived at the beach about three and a half short hours after leaving Ho Chi Minh City and have settled into our wonderful, 5 minute walk from the beach, hotel room. Day one was a day of rest and ever so wonderful hello’s to our alumni squad leaders as well as squad mates we haven’t had a chance to actually speak or hang out with for a while.
My day two consisted of seven one-one-one’s and a day full of seeking wisdom from leaders.
I processed through these last few months, through what God has been showing me for a while now, and how can I apply the teachings into my life. Being extroverted, I was ridiculously energized after all that fun stuff because I was with people from the moment I woke up until I laid my head to sleep.
Day three (today) has been a little more rough. I started off my day with a two-on-one with my squad parents and received a “spiritual cleansing”. That consisted of sharing my heart, receiving wisdom, praying for the strength to forgive, forgiving people in Jesus’ name, and rebuking demonic spirits that liked to taunt me, (I’m not going to go into much detail about the last one, but if you are curious as to what I mean, feel free to email me. 🙂 )
I left with a strong desire to just hang out with Jesus but quickly became distracted. So now I’m writing this with tired eyes, worship music blastin gin my ears, a heart yearning for rest and anticipating peace that comes from the Lord.
Tomorrow I will be debriefing with my team about our debrief (confusing, no? haha). but selfishly praying for strength as well as self-discipline to spend the rest of the time I have with the Lord in His presence. That may look like fsting, that may look like journaling, that may look like worshiping through music, that may be serving someone on my squad or someone on the streets. Whatever it may mean, I’m good to go on doing whatever Jesus asks me to do.
I am ridiculously pumped for India and I’m ready to see what God is going to do there.
If wou would like to pray: please pray for safe travels for our squad, God’s discernemnt fo rour everyday ministry from now and beyond, focus to keep my eyes on Jesus, and rest.
Oh yeah. And fully fundage status. I’d love if I can say I’m fully funded soon. 🙂
Love you all so much and pray God is loving on you so much right now!!
