Like I said in early blogs there is some changes in my race coming…
Well here it is!
At the beginning of this month we experienced our first team changes. So I am no longer team leading fiercely rooted. Instead I have been asked to Squad lead because at the end of this month the 3 alumni squad leaders leave us. I’m so pumped to step into this new role. Now you all are probably wondering what squad leading is…
Well hey let me tell ya!
My new role means my focus is going to be on the squad instead of ministry sites. There are 3 of us Taylor, Beth, and myself. We work together to facilitate growth, disciple, and to love our squad mates like crazy. Beth, Taylor, and I will have a month with each team and do everything that they do. But we will also be calling different team leaders to support them through out the month, praying for wisdom and insight into how we can love the squad more, decide where each team will be each month, lead LDW (leadership development weekends), and help facilitate team debriefs. I feel so honored to be in this new role and ecstatic to be pouring into the squad, and at the same time it can look a bit daunting.
However, I am choosing to trust God, I am choosing to believe that this is what He has always planned on. I will not let the lies that begin to run through my mind take root; that I am not ready, that I am not old enough, that I am going to be alone, that I am going to fail, that my race is ending. Instead I will choose to believe that He says I am ready, that I won’t be alone because I can’t do this without Him, that He is greater than age, to remember that growth comes through failure, and that He knows that my race is only changing, not ending. He has shown me how he has been preparing me for this for the past four months. So I say;
“I’m ready, this is good, this is an adventure, I hear you God, and I trust you.”
As the days dwindle in Cambodia where we have traveled around the country visiting teams and learning so much from the alumni squad leaders. I have so much joy and excitement for this next chapter in this journey. As we prepare for Nepal I would love if you considered to pray for the squad and I.
Prayer request:
-that I would continue to hear and believe the truths that God is speaking to me
– that I wouldn’t try to be anything more than who God has made me to be
– that God would fill me up constantly and that loving people would come from an overflow of what he is doing in me and not my own strength
– continue to love and communicate well to the people around me and the people at home
-continued growth in Mariah and I’s relationship
-unity with each team as they continue to transition into their new teams
-unity with the squad as we transition to a new season with new squad leaders
-God would give direction and wisdom to the the Alumni squad leaders leaving
-That we would finish well in these last few days all together
– that we would keep our eyes focused on God as squad leaders and to allow Him to move in us
-that God would prepare our hearts and the hearts of the people that we are going to meet in Nepal
Love you all thank you for walking with me in this crazy adventure!
Joe
