I have been home from training camp now for almost a week. It’s crazy how quickly (yet slowly) time passes by. Being home was difficult at first and even now still seems almost awkward. I am still processing so much of training camp, but here is a small piece of what is inside my head.
The Church is not defined by a building with walls and nice Sunday dresses.
This is going to be the hardest, best, sweatiest, weirdest, most rewarding, awkward-est, funniest and worst year of my life.
Forgiveness brings FREEDOM.
There is a difference between thriving and surviving.
The biggest thing I took away from camp was that God is GOOD. Now, we have all probably heard this saying multiple times. But have you ever just sat and let yourself dwell in all the goodness God gives? I know I haven’t, but at camp I got the opportunity to just simply sit and dwell and man was I blown away. God has provided a beautifully paved pathway for me to be on this journey. He has made so many parts of this process way simpler than they should have been, because He is good. He gave me (the biggest homebody I know) complete peace about leaving home for 9 months, because He is good. He gave me joy during 7 am workouts, because He is good. He gave me something that makes saying goodbye so hard, because He is good. He gives us a forest to pee in when the porta potties get full, because He is good. I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. God is good and He works for the good.
Being home is slightly awkward. I am now in this kind of waiting period between camp and launch. It is almost not enough time to start something new— but still too much time to end things just yet. I feel like I am floating around without any true objective or identity, which is exactly what I need. All I am right now is a child of God.
So for future racers nervously reading blogs about training camp and wondering what in the heck am I going to do in Georgia for 10 days?? Here is my advice.
BRING SNACKS!! Mystery meat is real, and it will haunt you.
Save yourself and everyone else precious time and be in dress code. (They do make shorts long enough, I promise)
It’s okay to cry.
It’s also okay to not cry.
Trust the team building and selecting process.
Always be open to speak AND to listen.
Turn off your phone so you can fully embrace the moments and people around you.
Seriously, bring snacks.
ALSO SAY HELLO TO MY TEAM!!!
much love,
Linds
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