“Spirit, lead me where my faith is without borders / Let me walk upon the waters / Wherever You would call me…” – Hillsong
This past week God gave me a big opportunity to trust Him more… and it resulted in a big change.
On Thursday, our mobilizer, or pre-Race “coach,” sent out an email saying there are way too many people in each of the January World Race squads. Note: Four squads are scheduled to leave in January (including mine) and, as of last Thursday, each of the squads had approximately 70 squad members… 70 is way too many. She explained the leaders are concerned each squad member may not get the individual attention they need to be successful on the Race with the numbers being so high.
Then I thought, oh boy, please don’t tell me they’re going to ask people to step down…
But that’s not what they did.
Instead, the World Race leaders have opened up another squad (a 5th squad) leaving in January. Same time frame. Same price. Different squad members. Different countries. Cool.
She went on to ask for volunteers to fill the spaces in the new squad.
I have to admit, being a type A kind of person, for a few seconds I was taken aback at the thought of leaving the squad I had worked to get to know (a started to feel comfortable with) for the past 4 months. Very quickly, though, I began to feel an excited “nudge” at the thought of switching to the new squad.
My dad gave me the best advice… “Kelly, spend about 5 minutes praying about it, 5 minutes thinking about it, make your decision, and never look back.”
For about 1.5 seconds, I considered checking online to see if my fellow squad members were thinking of switching, but then immediately felt lead by the Spirit not to. God clearly instructed me to just depend upon Him and trust His voice only. I didn’t need to hear what other people thought, I just needed to hear from God and trust Him with the fears I had of switching. So, I averted my eyes from Facebook and prayed for direction.
It didn’t take me long to realize that switching to the new squad was exactly what God wanted for me. So, I did it… I am officially on Squad 5 (Team C)! I am so excited!
To make things even more exciting:
- A few of my favorite people from my old squad switched, too!
- I am even more excited about the new countries I will get to visit and the ministries I will potentially get to serve in.
- I have enjoyed all my interactions with my other new squad members (I like the vibe of this team better).
- Our team color is purple…. I LOVE purple! It’s a sign!!
And this weekend, I will get to meet all of them. This weekend we will be at training camp in Tennessee (I LOVE TN!). I’m so thrilled for this opportunity!
Prayer Need: Please send an extra “hallelujah” up to God for orchestrating this change!
Please pray that our week of training camp in TN (starting this Saturday) will be enriching and humbling.
Oh, I suppose you’re wondering what are the countries I will be going to now…
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Algeria
Bulgaria
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Thailand
Cambodia
Malaysia
Thank you for your love and support!
