So tomorrow I leave for training camp in Atlanta!!!! It’s finally here. I feel like I’ve been waiting forever, months actually! I remember sitting in my school classrooms fantasizing over hiking through the luscious forests of Costa Rica with my pack on my back, admiring Gods glorious creations. I would sit and ponder how on earth God would prepare me for a trip this big and powerful!! Still, I wanted to go right then and there! I signed up and I wanted the journey to begin, no time to waste. I bought my back pack right away, so excited to get my hands on it cause then I thought it’d truly feel real. It’s sat in my room next to my bed every day since, every once in a while trying it on and looking in the mirror, something to remind me of the adventure coming up. But the wait has been long for my longing heart, let me tell ya! I thought I was ready the second I bought that pack so let’s go!!! But little did I know I was not ready, but that the journey began months ago. God has been preparing my heart every second of every day. Throughout these months of preparing and even the months to come, God has been blessing me with more of a will of patience and obedience. I’ve had strength to overcome the road blocks the enemy is so despstately trying to throw at me— God has walked with me through them. I feel incredibly anxious even today for the wonders of tomorrow and I know that is clearly not from my father, he will walk with me through that too!! I have learned so far this summer that I can truly rely on my father and that is an AMAZING thing. So here we go, with a pack on my back, I once again surrender to him and I couldn’t be more EXCITED for the week to come!!!!!
