Road trippin from Michigan to Missouri. Missouri to Oklahoma. Picked up my girl Kimbra(who is one of my squad mates). Then Oklahoma to Arkansas. Laying in this hotel bed, Kimbra and I are beat from all of our traveling and preparations for training camp.
We have made so many stops, trips to buy more stuff, unpacked and packed our large packs(what feels like 10x), running on caffeine, and prayers(of our own and YOUR prayers too)!
Tomorrow morning we will be up early and FINALLY on our way to Gainesville Georgia! This is where Adventures in Missions is located! This is where we will meet our squad who will become our family over the next year. This is where we will learn so much, grow, be stretched, and trained for every possible crazy situation. And also where so much more will take place that is COMPLETELY unknown to us now.
As I lay here utterly exhausted but awake, I can’t quite shake all of my questions, excitement, and concerns. I will be so crazy honest as to say I have extremely high expectations for training camp. Not so much about what situations leadership will put us in, meeting my squad, or even finding out more details of what ministry will look like in each country. But more that I have a very high expectation of what God is going to do–in my squad’s hearts, and in ME. My God’s a big God, and as long as you let Him, He WILL do great things in your heart which will overflow into your LIFE. He already has in my life, and I’m ready for more!
On my drive from Michigan I asked Jesus to do His work on me and my heart. Whatever it takes, even if He has to rip my heart open–if there is anything left that I need to release, let go of, to just show me, open my eyes. He took me at my word. I have never felt such a tearing into my heart as I have over the last four days. He’s at work. It’s not super pretty. It doesn’t feel the best. But I want nothing more than open hands and a heart that is soft and accepting to His voice and where He is leading.
Would you please pray for me and my squad over the next 11 days? Big God things are taking place. And we need YOU.
xoxo, Becca
