The night before I left for launch was rough. I had to say goodbye to my brother, Jared and that was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I cried a lot. My mom was helping me pack that night and I got a text from Jared that said, “Gonna miss you bud” and I broke down crying. My mom was sitting on my bed so I went over to her. She hugged me and we cried together. We finished packing my bags and then we both went to bed.
I repacked my things the next morning to make sure I had everything. My mom got home at 1:30 from work and we left around 2:15. We packed all of our stuff in the car and then I went to the backyard to say goodbye to my dogs. I cried while I was giving them both big hugs. We left right after that I stared at my house until I couldn’t see it anymore. We picked my sister Morgan up from her house and then we were on our way to Atlanta, Georgia. The ride was interesting. We had many laughs and a lot of wrong turns.
We got to the hotel at 6:30 the next morning. We were all tired so we passed out right away. The meetings for my parents started at 1:00 and I didn’t have to be at my hotel until 5:00 so I met up with some girls on my squad and we walked around Atlanta. It was so much fun. We got back to the hotel around 4:00 and it was exciting to see everyone again. We went through registration and then we had some sessions that night.
The next afternoon I had to say my goodbyes to my family. It honestly wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. I thought we would all be drowning in our tears but it was fine. We cried a little but God comforted us through it all. I read some letters from them later that day and I cried again.
After that I had more sessions to sit through and the very last one that we had was crazy. It was about miracles and healing people. The speaker asked anyone who was feeling pain anywhere to stand up and the rest of us would go pray over them. I found a girl and she said that her throat had been hurting because she sings reeaalllyy loud during worship. Okay, so I was really nervous and kinda freaking out. I didn’t know if I should grab her throat and pray or just hold her hands. I ended up grabbing her throat which was weird because it probably looked like I was choking her. Anyways, I prayed over her and asked God to heal her and when I was done I looked at her and asked if it worked. Her eyes were wide and she like “oh my gosh it actually feels a little better.” Okay so I started freaking out a bit because I don’t know if I actually believe this girl or not. She told me she wouldn’t lie about this so I was like alright well let’s pray again and see if it gets any better. So I awkwardly grabbed her throat again and I prayed. When I took my hands off her throat I asked if it felt better. She started talking and told me that it felt all better. I was shook. Like what the heck just happened. We were both kinda freaking out. To be completely honest I’m still a little on the edge about it. It’s just so crazy to me. That’s the first time I’ve ever done that for someone and I just don’t know what to think about it. It was crazy and that’s pretty much all I have to say about it.
