Well my squad and myself have made it to Katmandu, Nepal! Month two has arrived already! It’s absolutely beautiful here we have a terrace we can go up and are able to see the foothills of the Himalayas, which is indescribable (it’s where I am right now writing this blog, it’s a great quite place :p). Mountains are everywhere you look they are surrounding the city we are in… or as our hosts like so say they are hills not mountains haha. I guess to us they look like mountains. We haven’t started any ministry yet as we are doing debrief until the October 6th. We still don’t know what we are doing for ministry yet either as we will find out when the date comes closer. A bit about Katmandu, where we are staying is a huge city where our whole squad is living in one house, 44 people. All you see are houses everywhere, they are all very close together and patches of them on the mountains too. It is the Hindu Christmas here so the 3rd and 4th are holidays so everything is closed. As we are doing debrief in the evenings we are able to go to Jamal in the afternoons were there are some touristy shops to be able to explore 🙂 Super fun!
I never thought I would take much out of debrief, I just thought it was going to be a talk about some celebrations and challenges we have been having up to date and that’s all. But God never let’s a day go by without me learning something or without Him challenging me in some way. What I have been learning prior to coming on the Race was that I was going to have to become vulnerable with my team and squad. The word vulnerable makes me want to hide myself in a corner haha. I think the thing I am scared about most about being vulnerable is about becoming so raw that I can be attacked so easily by the devil. Peeling away the layers to get myself to that vulnerable place is super challenging for me as I don’t like getting out of my comfort zone but I want to grow and become so close to God that nothing could tear me away from Him.
As this is squad month it has been super overwhelming for me as I am not a big group kind of person. Also you have to try to get to know everyone so I feel like I have to become vulnerable over and over again and if I feel I can’t do it once then how can I do it repetitively? But on the reverse side of things I am able to hide myself more as there are so many people.
One thing I am learning and God is teaching me is to just embrace being vulnerable. By doing this your of course letting your past go and moving forward but not only that you are becoming vulnerable about the things God is showing you to do now and in this moment. What is He teaching you right now? What does He want you to do that you feel uncomfortable with? What layers is God telling you to remove today? If you don’t know ask Him… He will show you!
There are some things happening in my life where God can use both of my situations for the good no matter what path I take. But what path is the right one? What path is the one God is showing you to take? It’s like eating an apple and banana. They are both delicious and nutritious but one you just bite and eat the other you have to peel back those layers and then take a bit. If you just bit into the banana and don’t peel it, it may tate good… (maybe) but not as delicious and rewarding as peeling back those layers first. This is like us… We need to peel back some layers before we continue to walk with Christ. If you don’t you may still walk in His presence and it may be great but its not AWESOME until you do exactly what He asks. J
Be vulnerable today peel back those layers that are putting a guard up in your life from getting the full experience of Christ and just walk in His love!
1 Thessalonians 5:21-24 “Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it”.
Love you guys,
Heidi 🙂
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