During World Race Training Camp we talk a lot about expectations and being willing to sacrifice those expectations for what the Lord would have for us. I know this, of course because I have been to training before. I knew not to expect anything, but somehow I had in my mind what I thought it was going to be like.
I didn’t think I would love the January 2010 racers as much as I do. I didn’t think they would be as awesome as they are. I didn’t know they would have as much passion for the Lord as they do. I didn’t know after only ten days they would change and grow as much as they did.
Well God showed up and blew my expectations out of the water! All those things are true! “M” Squad is truly a great group of men and women ready and willing to follow the Lord to the ends of the earth. Now that I am on the flip side of Training Camp I can understand the reality of the words of my friend and current squad leader Jenny Brown. She says that leading a squad “will be the most taxing, exhausting, glorious, and rewarding thing you have done to date!”
During my year on the World Race I was expecting to change and serve the world, but God rocked mine and showed me more of His character. He gave me the amazing opportunity to bring His kingdom here to earth. I witnessed God’s amazing love as He healed a fifteen-year-old Romanian boy of cancer. I talked with gay prostitutes in Hungary who were intrigued by the living God. My desire for my squad exceeds what I experienced for myself. I want them to know and understand that God speaks to them and wants to use them in miraculous ways. I want them to experience the freedom in Christ that is found when we extend grace and shed our judgmental and religious attitudes. In Jesus’ name, God will do great things through this squad “for God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
I am excited to continue living a life led by the Holy Spirit within the World Race community. God has given me the opportunity to lead and empower the next generation of World Racers, the January 2010 “M” squad. I am co-leading with my former squad-mate Kyla Cornelius. I will be on the field with my squad for four months, and then I will meet them after their sixth month and also at the conclusion of their race.
I greatly need your prayers and financial support as I embark once again on this incredible journey. I need to raise $10,000 to cover travel, living and ministry expenses for the 11 months. Would you partner with me as I head out to lead, love and empower this squad?
