Finally, I am able to sit down and start writing. Finally, I’m home. Things have been crazy. Life has been crazy and even being back home has been filled with the craziness of work and moving…. So much happened in just in 10 days of training camp, not to mention so much has happened this entire month that I was traveling. So where do I even begin?
I could tell you the full details of training camp. I could tell you about the different days we ate in “different countries” and followed their customs. I could tell you about the field scenarios and the team building exercises they put us through. I could tell you about our crazy dance parties, the hard/insane sessions, and the Spirit-filled worship. I could even tell you about the porter-potties and the many challenges we faced with them.
But the truth is that training camp wasn’t just this “training”, but rather a full embodiment of an experience in itself. It was an experience that honestly can’t fully be explained because it impacted me on all levels of my very being. It brought me into places that I at times couldn’t imagine or even know how to go to on my own. Training camp was an experience that Jesus used to change my mindset and change my heart, and He is continuing to do that. My goodness, to think, this was just a tiny tiny tiny little glimpse of what this next year will be like. My mind is blown.
I have a lot to process. Much was shown to me at training camp; and honestly even more was shown afterwards in how those very things of my heart are manifested in my life. I have a lot to work through. But, Jesus is giving me a clearer view. Not only into my life, but also into my heart; so that I am able to see the world around me much clearer through His eyes. He is changing me, and He has changed me. He has given me this hunger and desire for something deeper than just the ordinary, and He has shown me a glimpse of what that looks like. Through it all the Lord has given me a deeper hunger for the Kingdom–The Kingdom of God.
I am on a kingdom journey. I never fully understood what that meant until my desire grew and I decided to step out into it. My desire is to see what the Lord will do, that I have never seen or believed I could experience. My desire is to see people come to know Jesus and to walk into who He has created them to be. My desire is to see the Kingdom from a different angle, and to understand deeper just how we can impact the Kingdom with our lives. That kingdom journey is something we can all step into, because the journey in itself is our life.
My heart’s devotion in these next couple months before I leave is to share with you some of the moments at training camp, and even afterwards of what the Lord has revealed to me. The main thing that I will tell you through it all is that the Lord showed up big time; and I am so expectant that He will each day on the Race, before and within everyday afterwards. We serve a mighty God, and I can’t wait to share with you more.
In Christ,
M.
