How many of yall really enjoy camping? Think about your experiences. Now add a weeks worth of rain nonstop and a day of eating crickets 
. It was quite the mess. But when you are doing work for the Kingdom, rain won’t stop you. Even the bugs couldn’t keep us away. I don’t think I have relocated so many spiders with my hat in my life. Thanks to a few of my squad mates for calling my name constantly. I officially have become bug/spider guy, even though I hate spiders just as much as they did.
A quick shout out to W Squad for being family. Its going to be a great year with yall. But Team Agape for the Win. However long we stay together, I got you whenever you need. For those who don’t know teams, which is most of you, you can look on the website on the left hand side.
It is incredible to see the passion that the staff of Adventures in Missions have. They use that passion to help light a fuse for the younger generation to be passionate about something. Discipleship is a big thing for them, not just teaching. Getting to know the nitty gritty of someone builds more trust than only seeing the outside. A lot of things happened at camp for me that wouldn’t normally happen. I don’t think I’ve ever really gone into my story until camp. My squad is so supportive that I gave my whole story.
At first I was not sure I was getting into because on the second night I lost my big pack due to the airport losing it. (It was only a simulation.) By the time I got my stuff back everything was soaked. My original thought was well I hope this doesn’t actually happen but as time went on you learn to live with it. Our teams are here to support each other in case someone loses something.
There was a couple things that encouraged me to continue on. First, without them actually knowing us, a squad leader wrote each of us a note with a word on it. That word was a reflection of what people have said in the past and said at camp as well. The second thing is knowing I was born to be loved. I have a tendency to deem myself unworthy. But I need to remember the fact that I don’t need to prove myself to Him because he loves me anyways. All the other stuff are just lies that have been put in my head. I want you to know the same thing that I learned. You are born to be loved. No matter what you do, He will love you. We sang a worship song that said, “I was made for the center of your love.” Let that sink it for a bit.
You all mean so much. Your impact through donation will be great in God’s Kingdom. My plan is to show you how your support is working out. I would love to meet or talk with anyone if yall are interested in support me in this adventure. Please keep us in your prayers and for those of us still raising support that God will provide. I am looking for 3500 dollars to make my next deadline by July 18.
