A month ago I was preparing to leave for training camp, to finally meet my squadmates, and to find out who would be on my team for the first part of the race.
With 4.5 weeks until I leave for China, it’s blowing my mind that I will be spending 24/7 of the next 11 months with these people! They have already become so dear to me and I’m sure this love I have for them will only grow! So I would like to introduce to you my squad:
V Squad!!
All 28 of us will be going out to Asia together to preach, love, and bring the kingdom of God. We have an incredible support staff from Adventures in Missions made up of two squad leaders, two squad coaches, a squad mentor, and a squad mobilizer. Before going to training camp I was unsure of how the dynamics of our squad would look, but now I have full confidence that God has truly brought this squad together for a purpose.
Although we will travel to the countries together, we are all split up into teams of seven people. These are the group of people that we will be with the most the first half of the race. Some months we will only be with our teammates, other months we will be with one or all of the other teams as well.
Without further ado, my team for the race:
Team Udiya!!
Left to Right: Me, Shelby, Mykal, Alex, Norma, Sarah Kate, and Heather.
Udiya-– “The fire of Jehovah, God’s fire“. Its origin is Hebrew.
I have six lovely women of God as my teammates and they have already been a huge blessing in my life. Although I didn’t except to be on an all-women team, I have already seen how God will work in us this year. I’m so excited to experience His work in us and to learn to live in true community with the women of Team Udiya and V Squad!
