FREEDOM

World Race Training Camp was:

Exciting

Crazy

Emotional

Uplifting

Radical

Scary

Exhausting

 

For those who truly want to know everything about training camp, I can’t even begin to sum it up in words so I apologize. 

We did a ton of unexpected things like share one plate or bowl of food with 8 people without utensils (yes this happened for mostly every meal). We hiked 2 miles with about 55 pounds on our back in under 40 minutes. All the women had to serve the men their food, and then eat on the floor (this is how they eat in Africa and it was so much fun getting to serve our awesome guys) We had to sleep in a noisy, cold “airport” with all of the lights on. We experienced what a market place in another country would be like (CRAZY). We had to take bucket showers and use porta potties. We worshiped the Lord with all we had. We prayed over anything and everything. We relied on God to get us through it. Training camp was amazing, but it definitely was tough. 

I learned about what it’s like to not only think about my needs, but the needs of others and how my actions would affect them. I learned about community. Every challenge we were faced with brought our squad closer and taught us to lean on each other for support. I realized that it’s okay not to be okay sometimes. 

 

Freedom sums up training camp for me. The Lord freed me from a lot in just those 10 days in Georgia.

 

I know that my identity is in Christ and He has paid for my sins completely. One of the speakers told us that God doesn’t remember our sins. How great is that? God truly does forgive and forget. He doesn’t dwell on our past sin so why should we?

I had struggled with this before. I would constant remind myself of sins from months, even years ago, and constantly ask for forgiveness. What I didn’t understand at the time is that I have already been forgive and God wants me to move on from that. 

 

At training camp, the Lord really worked in my heart and gave me emotional freedom from a past long term relationship. I no longer feel tied to them in a way I felt before. He has set me free from being emotionally tied down. He has broken all of those chains in my heart! 

“Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

2 years after a back injury that left me in almost constant physical pain, God freed me from it. One of the speakers called out to all 150 of us there and asked that if any of us had back pain to please come up for prayer. I was hesitant at first but he kept asking and I knew that I needed to go up. There were 3 of us up on stage and for about 20 minutes everyone prayed over us. Clint, the speaker who had called us up placed his hands on each of us and prayed. The minute he put his hands on my shoulder, I immediately felt some pressure from my back released. He told me to take a few deep breaths and each time more and more pressure was released until it was just completely gone. And still a month later, I haven’t felt a thing. God truly heals physically, even today; nothing is impossible for Him