Sorry in advance because I write/type as I speak/think so it's bound to be a little scattered……
I'm starting to get things ready for training camp and the world race. Got most of my "equipment" and now just trying to get emotionally ready….that is a little harder to do. I don't think I'll actually be ready to leave but God's preparing my heart for what I'm going to encounter and leave behind. But one thing I've noticed the more I tell people about what I'll be doing this next year is that I'm praised for doing something so "selfless", I feel uncomfortable. It's like being seen as a "missionary" automatically gets you into the candidancy for "the best Chrisitian award", which is definitley not me. I'm not gonna lie in the beginning I did have this perception that I would automatically be a better, more knowledgeable Christian. Well it doesn't happen that way. If I want to change I gotta start now. Not that I won't grow on the race, because that I know for sure I will. But doing God's work in other countries isn't gonna give me my angel wings, it's what we're called to do as Christians. We can all show God's love and awesomeness here in our own backyards. So I"ll ask you all for prayers for spritual growth and maturity now and continual growth on the race.
That's a bit of my thoughts so far….more to come from training camp on Saturday, after I get to meet the people I'll be doing life with and essentially calling my family for the next year:) Peace Out!
Love and God Bless
