I feel as if coming home from training camp was the beginning of a training experience on how difficult it is to share your experiences after encountering God in huge ways.
Everyone’s question was: How was your week? To most, my polite and concise answer was: intense.
Intense is an accurate word to portray the things that we did, both spiritually and physically. Intense bonds were formed, intense moments of meeting with the Lord were had, and the weight of intense chains bearing down on many people’s backs were broken. It was intense.
But how do you accurately tell someone about the emotions you have when you meet the people you are going to be living your life alongside for the next year? And how do you depict the love that you have for a group of people after only a week of getting to know them?
I can’t put it into words. But I think that’s okay. I will be happy to sit around and tell you about the weird places we slept, the interesting food we ate, and some of the crazy things that we did over 8 days of training. It was funnyand hard, and freeing, and full of furious love. But the emotions that I carry from the week, will be a little harder to express.
Part of my week was the incredible experience of being able to meet my team (family), a group of people that I have been praying for since I got accepted. I may not know these people well enough to spit off their favorite colors or hobbies, but I can say a few things about them. These teammates of mine are a group of kingdom seekers. This is a group of people who run after Jesus with their whole heart, whose heart breaks for injustice and whose feet long to run to the nations. My brothers and sisters here do not take the Great Commission lightly, and I am so excited to be walking alongside them through this next season of adventure set before us.
Team Shadowfeet
(Top Left: Nathan Hatton, Ryan Miller, Aisha Davis.
Bottom Left: Ashley Sisk, Lynnsey Andrews, Dan Loghry, Lindsay Quebedeaux)
You may be wondering why in the world we chose the name. To get the cool story, read my friend Lynnsey’s blog: http://lynnseyandrews.theworldrace.org/
Our next step: As we all continue to raise support, and spend time with our friends and family, and try to love each other over many, many miles, please pray for us. Pray for the people who our shadows will fall upon. Pray for our families as they send us off. Pray for our relationship as a team and family. Pray for the feet we will get to wash and for the people whose ears are burning to hear about the hope found in Jesus.
with love,
sisk
