i recently got out every single piece of equipment i’ve acquired for the race since the very beginning of this journey. i even set up my tent… in my bedroom. i’m excited, okay??!! but as i was laying everything out and looking through it all, i got so overwhelmed **overwhelmed with excitement** but still crazy overwhelmed. this will be my life for the next 9 months. it’s safe to say my emotions are still trying to catch up with this reality!!
TRAINING CAMP IS IN 3 WEEKS!!!
thinking about training camp for sure takes my emotions on a roller coaster. meeting a whole squad of people who will become my family in a couple short months. wow. my nerves are running around crazy. my mind is going a hundred miles per hour figuring out what i still need to do, what i need to pack, and of course, most importantly–what snacks i’m bringing. it would be an easy task to freak me out over this, to let my nerves get the best of me. but because of the grace and peace god’s blessed me with, it has turned into an impossible task!
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when i tell people what the next 9 months of my life will look like i always get a couple similar responses.. “you are so brave”, “i could never do that”, “aren’t you scared?”
i shrug it off most of the time, but the truest thing about those comments, the sentence i should answer with– “it’s all because of god’s grace. this just happened to be his plan for my life.” me being ‘brave’ doesn’t have anything to do with it. i’m being obedient to the lord. all the time spent crying, begging, being confused and broken. all of those hours lead up to right now. they lead up to the lord’s call on my heart.
“pack up your belongings in **2** bags and leave the country at 18. go to 4 different countries with a group of strangers who will become your family. share the gospel and my love for every human on this earth. don’t judge those who you meet, but welcome them into my family with open arms and an open heart.”
okay, god. i will.
it’s a no brainer. really. i LOVE travel, but it’s by no means easy. in the short 10 day adventures i’ve been on, my heart and mind struggled to process and understand what i saw. but along the way i learned one thing that i’ll carry with me– god’s love is unconditional and you don’t need words to share it.
god’s love is unconditional. you don’t need words to share it.
see you at training camp 🙂
