Training Camp

I don’t even know where to begin…I had no expectations
coming in to training camp, but it still has managed to blow my mind and catch
me off guard. And I guess we cant always be ready for the power of the Holy
Spirit to overtake us. Sometimes it just happens and we have to sit back and
take the ride. And that was the only thing I could do, and still am doing.

Coming in to training camp, I had no expectations, like I
said, and I have never been good going in to an environment where I need to
meet a huge group of people. I knew I wanted to be more intentional about
meeting people then I have in the past. When I went to camp in high school, I
was the one who stood in the back and let people introduce themselves to me. Im
not sure what it was, but I think it was because I didn’t feel like I had
anything important enough to offer someone unless they wanted to ask first,
then I would tell them. But I stood in the back, and met people slowly because
that’s just how I was. So coming in to training camp, I wanted to make sure I
was different from past experiences, and I did change and become more
intentional, but I still had my reservations about how people would react.
Little did I know that the Holy Spirit had a different idea for the week.

Night one started off slow, with my many walls up just from
being in a new environment, but I quickly saw myself being released and my
walls being let down by prayer from you all back home and from my fellow world
racers!

Its so good to finally put some faces to the names we have
been talking to on facebook and have been praying for for such a long time. I
cant stress enough how amazing my squad is! God hand-picked some of the most
amazing, mature people to put around me and help grow me and reach the gospel
all around the world.

Its been tough spiritually, seeing the Holy Spirit work in
ways I have never seen because of the box I had put Him in. I have seen so much
healing around me, and so much healing and growth in my own life. It has been
so humbling, but so good!

Its been tough physically, putting us through team
challenges and hikes, but we have all grown as a team, and I cant believe how
all of these elements have brought 60 strangers to best friends in 5 days. It
has been so amazing, and I can only imagine how amazing its going to be from
here on out! Its going to be a good, Holy Spirit-lead year!