I never in my life thought I would feel so at home in Georgia. It wasn’t even until May of 2009 for World Race training camp that I set foot in the state. Because of a similar chain of events I have been back in Gainesville, Georgia for the past 3 weeks.
While living in Seattle with my family after returning stateside, I’d been seeking God for the next step in my life. I had come up with some ideas on my own and pursued a couple different avenues but nothing felt right; until recently when God brought up the possibility of leading a World Race squad in January. It was no sooner pressed upon my heart that I applied for the position, was accepted and hopped on a plane to Georgia for another World Race training camp, this time on the leadership end. Sometimes things move fast in God’s Kingdom!
I am lucky to have a handful of friends from my trip currently living in Gainesville, so I have been enjoying the reunion as much as all of the excitement. That’s what makes Georgia feel like home. Training camp was 10 days of late nights, early mornings, lots of prayers, moments of tears, but ultimately major breakthroughs in the lives of the soon-to-be world travelers. They had a small taste of what God has in store for them over the next year and I had my first taste of what leadership will look like for the four months I am traveling with the squad. And I’m addicted. I will launch with the V squad in January in the Dominican Republic, then off to Haiti, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador before coming home. This is going to be a much shorter trip, but no doubt just as intense and life altering. It’s an honor to have a position of leadership and authority over 55 people serving the nations. I still can’t believe it is happening.
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For now I am sitting on my best friend’s couch, letting down for the first time this month; processing what has happened and what is coming soon. I head home tomorrow to my family in Seattle- and say goodbye, again, to my family here in Georgia. It feels like I am traveling between worlds and cultures and lifetimes: but I guess this is what life is going to look like for me…at least for now.
