My race and my time with the fantastic F Squad has finally come to an end! And looking back, it seems like it was only yesterday that we all set out from Washington D.C. to start our crazy journey in India. But now I’m sitting here in Riga, Latvia without the group of people that I’ve grown oh so fond of over the last year.
So yes, if you have not yet heard, I am in fact staying in Europe for a little while. I do not know exactly where I am going or how I will get there, but that’s almost precisely the point. As to when exactly I will be home, I can’t say for sure.
Several days ago, all of the teams gathered back in Riga for our final debrief where we spent our last days together as a squad celebrating and saying our goodbyes. It was an incredibly bitter-sweet time, to think all the way back to our first meeting at training camp and all of the memories up until now and know that these were our last moments together. It had been an incredible journey, and these crazy, radical people that I’ve gone through it with have had a greater impact on me than they will ever know. We’ve become a family and they will forever hold a special place in my heart. It honestly hurts to not have them with me, but I get great consolation from thinking of the wonderful men and women of God that they have grown into. They have left a deep impression and I am eager to see how God continues to work in their lives.
As sad as it is that this journey with F squad around the world is over, we have to embrace the fact that the next seasons of life are beginning. We have been rocked to our core and have refined who we are in Christ. Lies have been broken, fears have been lifted and intimacy with the Father has been deepened. The transition might not be easy, but that is overshadowed by the hope that is in us.
So what comes next as this season ends? I do not know yet, but I know who it is that leads me and my confidence is in Him.
