Hello from hot and humid, middle of
nowhere Georgia! If you didn’t know already, I have been at my World
Race training camp this week. And wow, I don’t even know where to
begin to tell you all that has gone on! But I can tell you that it
has been pretty intense, in every sense of the word. Both literally
“in tents” as well as intense physically, emotionally,
spiritually, and anything else you can think of.
But I do know that even through the
hardships of this week, God is so good! To start it off and to be
completely honest with you…the first day or so was full of tears
for me. All I could think about was how I would rather be anywhere
else but here. It was so hot and sweat was pouring from my body 99%
of the time, they were making us do a morning workout everyday (yeah
this wasn’t too bad but the heat just made it that much worse because
it forced me to sweat even more than I was..), they weren’t feeding
me my normal Honey-Bunches-of-Oats cereal (each day has been specific
to countries…one morning for breakfast we even had what I termed
as”shrimp soup”..yeahhh), and I just felt that there was no way
that I was going to be able to sleep in a tent like this for 11
months. But again, God is so good and He knows that this is exactly
what is needed for all of us. I have been broken down and placed in
my weakest and most vulnerable spots with these strangers who have
now become my closest family for the next year. Many tears have been
shed as God has taken his scalpel and has done surgery on my heart,
cutting away at every insecurity and sinful place that has been
present for far too long. I was terrified that it would hurt so bad
for God to rip it all away and take it from under my feet, but He has
been so gentle and patient with me and has loved me through the
entire journey and has also provided me with a wonderful new family
of friends.
I wish I could share more with you about this week, but I am pressed for time. BUT more to come later once I return home!
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