So launch started two days ago for the World Race! It still hasn’t fully hit me yet that I am here. The past couple of days have been weird. I was reunited with my amazing team but not all of them. Andrew had to return home because of a family emergency and Amanda is no longer going with us. So it didnt feel like our family was complete. I am so happy to finally be on the race though!
On Friday we had the privilege of eating lunch with the original World Race America team. They wanted to come and pray for us and wish us luck on our journey. I was really excited to meet them. Before they came in our squad leader Gisele handed out our Keys For the Journey necklaces. At training camp the owner of keys for the journey made us an offer. He said if we bought a key he would give us a discount and would pray about a word that should be put on the key. When I received my key I saw that it said Warrior. I knew immediately why I received that word. I knew it was God telling me I could do anything I set my mind to as long as I trusted hime.
When the World Race America alumni walked in we talked for a while about how we were feeling about the tri . I discussed how uneasy I was feeling. After talking they put us in a circle of chairs to pray for us. One of the girls was praying for me and said that God was telling her to tell me that I am a warrior. I instantly grabbed my key and started crying. This girl had no idea what was written on my key. She just knew that I needed to here that again. She also brought up that my name means strength. At the end she asked me what my key said. I told her what it said. She had a huge smile on her face. She didnt say anything and unfortunately we were unable to talk more because I had somewhere to be. What she said though will have an impact on the rest of my race and the rest of my life.
God is telling me that I am so much stronger than I think. That I just need to trust him!
