Today I began to pack for WORLD RACE TRAINING CAMP!! We are asked to pack and come as if it was for the world race with our packs, tents, sleeping bags/pads…So in a way it is a mini trial for the real deal come January and I was freaking out a bit with excitement, anticipation and a bit of fear because it is all so crazy!! I was laying out clothes/toiletries/other essentials for the week. Then I was overtaken with the idea that in just about 11 weeks I will be packing for 11 months for 11 countries. I will be packing it all over again with much more-i'm sure, before I know it.
"I"m ready"-this was the words which came to mind this past week.
I know in saying this, I have been ready in ways since two June's again and if i'm really being honest since my birth, because God has created me for this-to tell the nations of His love and His purpose. Also in saying this, I know I am not ready and there is no way to get ready for what is to come next year.
I have not been focusing on the World Race much the past couple of months, because this is the end of my education, my time in Boone, my time to run around with friends and my last few months living in these beautiful mountains. Mountains with leaves that are changing every day, meaning winter is coming, meaning the end of the year is approaching, and my departer is on its way. This is what I am seeing every day.
It brings joy to my heart along with fear, because everyday it changes. As I drive and the wind blows leaves hit my windshield, the trees are ready for something new….and again, maybe, I am too!
Training camp begins saturday, october 13th and will last till the following saturday, oct 20th. I have sensed a move of the Lord in my heart and among the squad I am a part of the past week and am eager to see what is yet to come next week. Greater things are yet to come and believe me when I say, greater things are still to be done in this world, in this creation of our God.
I also want to share. I had a dream last night that during training camp, I shared my heart in a way that broke me in places and in ways I have never experienced. It was scary, but it was needed. I could possibly predict this happening next week, because I see a need for it.
With that being said, I beg for your prayers! I am so thankful for so much love, support and encouragement from my friends and family, and this week I ask for you to think of me and to pray for me and to go with me-cover me in prayer and cover me in support. And COVER my Squad-I see how God is going to move through us as a group in beautiful ways more and more every day!
Lastly, I had a thought that it would be the coolest things to become fully funded while I was at training camp. During the training, during the preparation to be covered completely in every way possible with the greatest investment in order for the greatest things to happen. Please consider giving. For SOOOOOO many of you who have decided to give and have yet to do so, I ask, this week-please give. Be eager to give, if you are wanting to continue to save and give a greater amount later, I ask you to please give now and give again later, if it is needed. I want all of you to be a part of this with me now, I need you, financially-yes!, but spiritually and emotionally a thousand times more! I do not want to get fully funded with people I love holding out, not pouring into what God is doing in the world through me.
Thank you so much for your caring enough to spend your time reading this blog and believing in me! I want to be reminded and remind you that we serve a God full of all power, love and grace!
