Don’t go to World Race Training Camp, if you are not okay with meeting new people. Because there are lot’s of awesome people you may have never met before, and that can be stressful. And who knows you may actually make new friends? Frightening I know!
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you are not prepared for Georgia heat, it gets hot, like really hot. Especially for Minnesotan folks. (like myself) Or if you don’t like sweating at all.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you do not like sleeping in tents. Or if you just suck at setting up tents in general. (Mine flew away about 5 times before someone helped me)
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you hate trying new foods. Because you get a lot of different kinds of food, from lentils, to chicken feet, to chocolate chip cookies. You may never know what you’re gonna get.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you like taking hot showers daily. We took bucket showers, with cold hose water. I showered about twice. (don’t hate on me)
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you can’t handle packing all your stuff in a large pack and a smaller backpack. I mean where are you gonna fit your dogs? And your flat screen TV?
Don’t go to Training Camp if you hate porta potties. Cause that’s all you get. It can get dark in there at night, and you may need your friend to shine a flashlight in there at 12 am so you don’t fall in. (Thanks Holly)
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t like sleeping outside at a small campground. Especially if the next morning your squad mates start telling stories about how they saw “wolves” smelling around the camp at 3 am.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t like having to walk (very fast), 3 miles in 50 mins with a 40 pound pack on you. Especially in the Georgia heat. I did it in 38 mins just saying.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t want lifelong friends. Because that’s about 42 lifelong friends you may be making.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you are a northerner. They will make fun of your accent, even if you don’t have one. Or at least think you don’t.
Don’t go to Training Camp, cause on the last night, you may get a fever. And it may have rained on all of your sleeping options for the night. And a nice man named Kit may donate his dry hammock for you to sleep in and get you medicine. Nice people are the worst! (Jk thanks Kit you da best)
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you are not prepared to get your nose pierced with your teammates for “team bonding”. Or tattoos, whatever you prefer. If you do, please tell your mother first.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t like waking up at 7 am for exercises. It’s like waiting and expecting, to get your name picked for the reaping of the Hunger Games. Stressful.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t want to worship all night long. It was amazing. We took shifts. I fell asleep on the floor. Clara saved me. Thanks Clara.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t like being taught new worship songs. Because you will eventually love them, and then forget the names when you get back home.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t want God to shine a light on things you struggle with, that you may not have ever thought you struggled with before. Don’t worry He helps you fix them though. Thanks God.
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t want God to stretch you and change you. It was gloriously difficult. I cried about twice a day.
Don’t go to Training Camp, cause you will end up loving all 42 of your squad mates. That’s a lot of love. And you will miss them so much and you will count down the days till launch. (51 days)
Don’t go to Training Camp, if you don’t want to have God break your heart, in a way for you to finally feel free from all your faults and mistakes.
Just don’t go to Training Camp, because you will never want to leave.
