Training Camp…
As many of you may know, Training Camp for the World Race was a couple weeks ago (sorry for the late blog post, things got a little crazy as I went straight back to work last week). I honestly had NO idea what to expect going into this week. They purposely give you no itinerary, a brief packing list, and specific instructions to come in with an open, vulnerable heart. Well, seeing as how I’m a slightly reserved (until you get to know me), schedule preferred kind of personality, I was out of my comfort zone right from the beginning (which wasn’t entirely a bad thing).
I’m an introvert; a somewhat reserved, low key kinda gal. That personality, on top of already being physically exhausted from working 8 hours, traveling 6 hours, being up for almost 24 hours, and sleeping on a hard hotel room floor made for meeting 40 people all at once slightly, no EXTREMELY, overwhelming for me. It didn’t take long for Satan to attack me in this area. Immediately I had doubts; Satan speaking lies into my mind. “You’re not good enough to be here, you will be useless”; “their faith is stronger than yours is… listen to their testimonies, you don’t belong here”; “these people, they don’t care about you.” (I’ll speak more about how I dealt with these lies in another post).
After setting up camp Saturday evening, all the squads gathered at the training center and immediately, we dove into intense, deep, thought provoking topics. Our speaker Rob Reimer, spent Saturday, Sunday, and Monday speaking on dealing with lies (how ironic… I just mentioned how Satan attacked me with those), healing wounds, grieving, forgiving, learning to live in community, as well as multiple other topics. They definitely didn’t waste any time digging up the baggage!
God totally wrecked me in all of these areas. Throughout the first couple days, he opened up a lot of wounds and insecurities from my past that I actually never realized had taken root so deep. I was challenged in ways I’d never been challenged before. I was physically, mentally, and spiritually drained by the end of it, and honestly, I wouldn’t have had it any other way! It was such an incredible week on so many levels. I realized, in general, there are a lot of things in life that I know in my head, but don’t truly KNOW in my heart. This week was the beginning to an incredible change in my life… finally moving “head knowledge” into “heart knowledge.”
On that note, I will end this brief overview of training camp. While you wait for my next post with more specifics, enjoy this brief video of a few pictures from the week 🙂
Love you all!
Jasmine
