It has been one week since I got home from training camp in Gainesville, Georgia.
My 11 days spent at training camp were nothing like I had expected. In my head, I imagined we would be doing lots of activities and running around the whole time but for the majority of training camp we were inside, learning more about the adventure we were soon to embark on and more about the God we were doing it for.
I’m sick of living my comfortable life. At training camp, I was super ready to come back home and to things that were normal, but now I can’t wait to leave. I miss taking bucket showers and living on less. I miss being surrounded by a group of people who love God and love others without any limits. I crave a life of saying yes to whatever God has to offer each day. I’m ready to go and love on all of Gods children around the world. I’m ready to share the love of God to those who have never heard His name before. I’m ready for God to break my heart for what breaks His and to see people the way He see’s them.
Bob Goff says it best in his book, Love Does:
“Jesus doesn’t invite us on a business trip. Instead, He says let’s go after those things that inspire and challenge you and let’s experience them together. You don’t need a lot of details or luggage or equipment, just a willingness to go into the storm with a Father who’s kicking footholds into the steep sides of our problems while we kick a couple in ourselves too. He guides us into those footholds with His strong hands while we’re safely tethered to Him by a bright red rope of grace, which holds us securely. Somehow in all of this, the terrain we navigate doesn’t seem as scary either, because when we’re on an adventure with God we’re too excited to be afraid and too engaged to be thinking of anything else.”
