CHANGES. Keep them coming Lord!
My entire World Race experience has been a series of changes. I’ve changed squads, routes, teams and roles. Not to mention the changes in country and culture each month brings! My favorite thing about change is that it takes me into the unknown and brings me closer to the Lord.
Now for the biggest change of all…I’ve been asked to step up and be a ‘Squad Leader’ for the rest of this journey.
Here is a little recap of how the World Race functions. My entire group of 41 people is called a ‘squad’. The squad is led by 3 ‘Alumni Squad Leaders’ who have done the World Race before. The squad is broken into 6 ‘teams’ that each have a leader. At the end of this month our Alumni Squad Leaders are heading off to their next stage in life and four of us have been asked to take over that leadership role for the next 7 months.
It’s an incredible honor to be asked to serve the squad this way.
It also makes me nervous. My main mission for these next 7 months has transitioned from the countries we’re visiting to the people I’m living with. My C-squad family. My leadership team is here to serve them, help them grow in their walk, uplift them and lead them.
The truth is I can’t do this alone. I am going to have to rely on God more than ever before…for the wisdom to make decisions, a heart of compassion and the vision to serve in ways I could never see on my own. Thankfully I also have three incredible people joining me as squad leaders.
Below is a picture of the four of us after enjoying some ice cream on my birthday! Matthew, Rita and Bre constantly blow me away with their love and passion for the Lord, their abilities to serve others selflessly and the joy they bring to each day. Please keep all of us in your prayers in the coming months!
After my initial feelings of shock and nervousness faded to the background I was filled with a fire. A fire deep down in my soul. A fire for these upcoming 7 months.
I know I’m going to be stretched and pushed beyond my comfort zone. I know I’m going to fail at some points, perhaps even let other people down. But the fact that God can use someone as flawed as me to serve in this role lights a fire in me that can’t be extinguished…no matter what waves of insecurities, failures and struggles the devil sends me way.
I wish each and every one of you could meet my ‘C-squad family’. You won’t be able to feel the true love for them I have by reading my blogs, or looking at my pictures, but hopefully you’ll get a glimpse of how special these brothers and sisters are to me.
We are broken people. We are beautiful people.
God is working through us. He is also working in us.
We have come a long ways in four months…and yet the Lord has so much further to lead us.
Squad Leading C-Squad….Here. We. Go.
