First off I can’t believe that Training Camp is in TWO WEEKS!!!! Ok now that we covered that fact let me tell you why my Squad Mentor is so excited…
It all started about a year ago when I was sent home from my first Training Camp… I was heartbroken for the second time in two months and was so mad at God for allowing it all to happen. After sitting on my couch/in my bed crying day in and day out for three months I came to the realization that no amount of crying would change the fact I was not on a plane to Africa with my FamBam (my first squad), so I got off my but got a job and started going to an amazing church that has become like family over this past year.
I have grown so much in this last year/season in my life of waiting and staying where God has me. I am way better at seeing myself the way God sees me and not how the world views me – even though there are times when I still put my worth and value in things of this world, I am better at recognizing when those times happen and then turning to God and asking him to speak truth and life over me. I try my best to spend daily time with God (I’m currently writing this blog and listening to worship music at 5 am). I know who I am and who God has called me to be, and I can’t wait for this next year on The World Race to get to be the hands and feet of Jesus and be the person who plants the seed of God immense love in someone’s heart.
With all of that being said…
I have decided to get Baptized at Training Camp in two weeks, because TC was the place and reason this whole journey of growing in my relationship with God started. I have been thinking and praying about getting Baptized a lot recently, but wasn’t sure when it would happen until I saw a couple of posts on Instagram and Facebook 1. The World Race/Adventures In Missions posted about Baptisms at TC and I was like “yay that’s awesome” and 2. My Squad Mentor posted about getting to Baptize someone in Cambodia and 3. It was something my old Squad Coach said to me – I was telling her that I was a little overwhelmed with having to be back in a place that broke my heart and she said “Maybe think of TC as the place that helped me see more of myself and helped me grow instead of it being such a place of heartbreak” then it hit me… Getting Baptized at TC by my Squad Mentor at TC is what The Father is calling me to do, so I messaged Stacy (my Squad Mentor) and asked her to be the one to Baptize me at TC, and she said “oh my gosh!!! this is amazing! YES, I would love to do that!! What an honor.” I am now excited to be back in Gainesville at TC because I am no longer viewing it as a place of heartbreak, but instead as a place that has helped me grow so much!!
Fundraising Update!! With what has posted to my account and what I have sitting at home from a few fundraisers, I am at $7,500 raised which means I am $2,500 from my next goal of $10,000 by the end of December and $9,900 from being Fully Funded… Would you prayerfully consider joining my team of supporters and make a donation? Also if you live in the Lakewood CO area and would like to support me I am having a Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebee’s on November 4th from 7:30am-9:30am, tickets are $12 and with that you get pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and a drink.
