We have only one week left before leader training starts, and a week
and a half before the participants show up in Gainesville for some crazy
preparation for this amazing summer in Uganda! Are we ready?
I’ve
been consuming an unhealthy amount of food, coffee, and skittles in the
past few days, and I’ve been running around like a mad man around
Cartersville, GA for our World Race training camp, in order to prepare
130 men and women to launch into the nations this summer for a year.
It’s a bit crazy and a lot hectic, but it’s amazing to see so many
people willing to leave their comfortable couches and beds to see God
move throughout the world. It’s a lot of work to keep camp running with
this many people, but at the end of the day when I’m laying down to
sleep, I get such good rest because I know The Lord is in this. Please
be praying for all of these men and women as they prepare their hearts
for what God has in store for them.
My facebook status said a
while ago “I’m not ready for Uganda, but SO ready for Uganda.” As you
all know, there’s a lot of stuff you have to do to prepare to leave the
country for 2 months. All the stuff you have to pack, all the paperwork
you have to fill out, all the prep work… It can be exhausting! And
then to have to finish out your job among all of that can throw a lot
on your plate.
But one thing I’ve been able to do in the past
few days while running around training camp is to put some of my focus
on Uganda and our team. And I’m getting super stoked to get going.
Audrey Powell (my amazing co-leader) and I got together last week to pray some for our team and our
ministry, and I tell you, we’re expecting some crazy stuff! We know
that God wants to do some wild things in the team, and we hope they are
just willing to say “Yes, Lord!”
Sometimes in the midst of all
the stuff we have to get done we can lose sight of what it’s all about.
We can get wrapped up in all the details and situations and forget that
we’re in it because God told us to get into it. And it’s really easy to
listen to those lies the enemy puts in our heads that “there’s too much
to get done,” “we’re not prepared for this,” “maybe we were never meant
to get into this in the first place…” But we need to think back to
that moment and remember when we first signed up: God has called you to
this.
All the time I’m looking at my various to-do lists and
thinking “this will never happen.” Insurance, transportation, student
loans, what’s next? But when I stop for a second and think back to that
moment when I said “I’ll lead the Real Life Uganda team,” I remember
that it was The Father that prompted me to sign up. It was The Father
that said, “I have big things in store for you.” It was The Father that
said, “You will do greater things than My Son, Jesus Christ.”
So
why in the world am I doubting? I need to continually put faith in The
Father, that He will take care of what needs to happen, I just need to
do what He calls me to. I don’t have a clue how 2 + 2 is going to end
up as 4. But God said put them together and see what happens. So I need
to trust that God is going to do His part and make this happen.
I
am beyond excited for this trip with these men and women, and I believe that God
is going to shake the nation of Uganda in a mighty way through all of them. The they can’t lose sight of what their Father has called them to.
Pray that God will make all of this happen, and that the team walks in the next week and a half with faith that this prayer will be answered.
Father,
Thank You for calling us to be a part of Your Kingdom. Thank You that
Your grace gives us the opportunity to rise out of our fears, doubts,
and insecurities and into our courage, faith, and confidence in You. We
know You have asked us to do some crazy things in our lives, and we put
our faith in Your Words and in Your Love. We pray for abundance,
health, strength, and energy as You go out with us in Uganda. We pray
these things in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Thanks for reading.
Here’s a video of some worship from night 3 of WR training camp. Awesome!
