It’s okay.
V-Squad edition
It’s totally okay to not have it all together, before training camp, after training camp, during the race, or after the race. Here’s some words of encouragement from V-Squad (: We are in month 2 of the race and I still look at these words to find encouragement for myself. I love that it doesn’t matter where you are in life that God meets you there. Choosing Him continually, even on the race, can be tough, but the fruit that comes from always choosing Him blows my mind every time! So in that, I asked my squad what it’s okay to be okay with and here’s what they said:
- Lauren – it’s okay to cry every single day, even if you haven’t cried in months
- Mackenzie – it’s okay if you don’t poop until day 6 of training camp
- Kristin – it’s okay to shower under the hose
- Ana – it’s okay to be uncomfortable
- Stewie – it’s okay to make friends faster than you expect to
- Shelby – it’s okay to not fully understand
- Tayler – it’s okay to be broken
- Erika – it’s okay to dance
- Meredith – it’s okay to cry
- Kristi – it’s okay to bring cute clothes
- Brandi – it’s okay to not be okay
- Mads – it’s okay to be seen for who you truly are
- Megan – it’s okay to wear the same shirt 75 days in a row (just maybe wash it once or twice)
- Mitch – it’s okay to be okay with bucket showers
- Kelsey – it’s okay to not be able to apply what you learn right away
- Morgan – it’s okay to not know
- Jamie – it’s okay to break down
- Lan – it’s okay to be your authentic self
- Cassandra – it’s okay that you get to your first country and feel like you need an entire new wardrobe, it’s really okay
- Gabby – it’s okay to be loved by your squad
- Ranger – it’s okay to be vulnerable & it’s okay to cry
- Cassee – it’s okay to not be perfect, especially in your spiritual walk or knowledge of the Bible
- Nicole – it’s okay to not be okay
- Nicholas – it’s okay to laugh
- Bradley – it’s okay to poop 8 times in a day
- Zane – it’s okay to not fully fathom how deep, far, and wide the love of God is for all
- Alyssa – it’s okay if there are flies in your food, eat it anyways
- Alli – it’s okay if you forget to download everything on your phone because silence and stillness is good
- Rachel Q – it’s okay to not “feel” God all the time
- Rachael S – it’s okay to be vulnerable in your own time with who you want to be vulnerable with. It’s good to start with your smaller team.
- Erik – it’s okay to ask God why bad things happen to you or others (Hab 1)
- Ethan – it’s okay to describe your poop to other people, at meal time
- Bailey – it’s okay to walk in the unknown as long as your walking in it with Jesus
- Ashley – it’s okay to question everything
- Mac – it’s okay to disagree, it doesn’t have to be your way for it be a good way
- Tess – it’s okay hide out in your tent when you need alone time
- Jeffery – it’s okay to not have a vision of you running to the father in a field of daisys
- Justin – it’s okay to think about you
- Stokes – it’s okay to have so many bug bites that it looks like chicken pox
- Katy – it’s okay to fall deeply in love with each country and its people, even knowing you have to leave. Christ is your home.
- Carson – it’s okay to not be okay
- Hannah – it’s okay to be overwhelmed
- Tee – it’s okay to be annoyed at unpacking and packing everyday. You’ll find your rhythm.
- Catherine – it’s okay to declare truth over yourself but also give yourself grace as you learn to walk in it
- Kendra – it’s okay to be where you’re at right now but it’s not okay to stay there
