This is hard to explain all that has happened in one week. You would think we wouldn't have much to tell, but in reality there is so much to share. God has shown who he is in so many ways this week that it is almost mind blowing. He has humbled me so much.
So to start off about training camp I got to meet my amazing team. Every single person is so great and I am so blessed to be serving with them. God has a huge plan for every one that is going. We all bonded so fast as a group.
So every morning we had to have our tents packed up and our bags all packed by 7 am. Anyone who knows me, knows that 7 am is not my cup of tea.That stretched me to begin the week. It was that way every day. (I started to get better about it later on in the week.) We had to do an activity for half an hour after we were all ready to go. The first day we had to carry our packs for 30 minutes on our backs. The next day we had to go for a run, (also anyone who knows me knows that I am by far not a runner). The next day we had to exercise any way we wanted. It was like that all week. It really was good though to get to see how we all handled the mornings. During the day we sat through sessions and man did God really get to us all. He challenged us in ways that I didn't think I would be challenged.
This week I realized how long I have been holding in so many things I thought I was over. I thought that I was over my past. But really I have been letting that drive my future. I kept running away from dealing with it. Now I have handed it all over to God and that is all I needed to do. God had also worked in my to have more of a followers heart. I always like to lead, well I figured I would be a leader and I am not one for the Race. Instead I am giving up control and going to follow the leaders that have been placed infront of us. And I have to say they picked some outstanding examples of leaders. I am going to learn so much from them. God really had this all worked out. He knew exactly what He was doing when he put our team together.
So we figured out who our small teams were going to be. Mine came as a total shock! I am on an all girls team. At first that was a little hard for me to take in, because I usually am friends with mainly guys. But I have to say I feel like I have the best team ever. These girls are the best thing that could have happened to me. They have so much to show me and they accept me for who I am. We are going to be an amazing team! I can see the good that is going to come out of our group. I honestly don't think I would have picked a better team to be on. I love the girls so much and can not wait to be with them for the Race!!
There is so much more I want to tell you guys, but I am running out of space. So look for more blogs that show more of what God has done in the one week of training camp. Please keep praying for my squad and my team.
