Alright, apparently I painted a very dark picture with my last post and for that I’m sorry. (I had my mom pretty freaked out…sorry mami!) I did have a hard time at training but I am actually pretty thankful for that (now that I’m on the other side of it) Life isn’t worth living if there isn’t strain or struggle every once in awhile (in my humble opinion). Experiencing hard stuff is like a wake up pinch. A pinch that says, “Hey, are you still here? Still here in the same spot? Come on it’s time to grow baby doll.”
Spending 10 days as an introvert in an extroverted world was hard. Being pushed physically every day was hard. Finding out that the World Race has the possibility of being much more intense than volunteering in soup kitchens or playing with orphans is scary. Dealing with freezing temperatures in a tent was physically demanding. I’ve lived in Florida for 18 years folks…my blood has thinned…I shivered every single night (well except for the one night one of my squad leaders let me borrow her sleeping bag to use as a blanket…Praise the Lord for her generosity)!
Anyway, I still know with all my heart that I am supposed to be doing this. I’ve lived all my life scared of life. It’s time for that to stop. And, if the Lord, creator of the universe, has called me to do this…then I have nothing to lose…including my life. My life is His and He can choose what He wishes to do with it.
Ok, now on to some more fun pictures!
Worship Session at Training Camp!
Eating “African” dinner with my great pal Robin (so sad we aren’t on the same squad).
p.s. This is the dinner that made me gag…twice.
My beautiful team Blue Sky on our first outing!
Eating “Indian” lunch with Chelsea Hughes. Women had to cover their heads culturally.
Up close picture of Cathy “Callie” Callicutt during Squad Wars.
We each have the letter U lipsticked onto our faces! Go U Squad!!
During our commissioning night all the team leaders washed their teammates feet.
This is Chelsea (Blue Sky Team Leader) washing Campy’s feet…she hadn’t bathed
all week….so needless to say washing her feet was a greater sacrifice then the rest
of our feet! Way to go Chels!
My prayer is that Team Blue Sky will look less like ourselves and more like Jesus when
we return next year.
I’m hoping to snag a squad picture from someone soon. Everytime we all got together to
take a squad picture my camera was no where close. So, I’m going to “borrow” a picture
from someone soon and I’ll post it.
