I’m still in training mode. I can’t get over the fact that I am already home. Training camp seems like ages ago and I’ve only been back a few days. I got to meet so many awesome people and I miss them all! Not only were they awesome by themselves, but they were also on fire for Christ. That really pumped me up! One of the best parts of being at training camp was definitely the community that developed so quickly. While we were together as S squad (about 60 or so of us), we also were divided into teams. This is my team! I know, I know, we’re a pretty good looking bunch if I do say so myself.
My team (L to R): Jessica Flowers, Rachel Duff-Banks, Krystle Wilcox, Me, Briana and Josh Rene, and Jacinda Koziara
My team is truly amazing! Everyone has such a different gift and it brings us so much closer together. We really are this crazy, awesome family and I am so blessed that I get to share this experience with them for the next year! When we first got our teams we were told we had to pick a name that really symbolized who we were. As simple as this sounds, our team had the hardest time coming up with a name. We finally decided after literally days of not coming up with anything that we would be called Team Pneuma. All during this week we were learning about the third person in the trinity, the Holy Sprit, which is really never talked about or understood. We wanted to embrace this relationship with the Holy Spirit by picking Pneuma which is a greek word that roughly translates to breath of the spirit. Actually the study of pneumatology is the study of the Holy Spirit. We truly want to embrace what God is really speaking to us and He does that through the Spirit. It was only natural that this would become our team name.
As much as I am missing my new squad family and my new team family, I know I will see them again soon (less that 2 months). God truly has done an amazing work in me during these past few weeks and I really appreciate all the prayers y’all are sending my way. God lifted me up and encouraged me so much during this past week through interactions with my squad and other people I met at camp. He really gave me a sense of peace about things like money and I realized that I really didn’t need to worry. Matthew 6:33-34 states: “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” That humbled me so much because when I really seek God and nothing else, it truly causes me to worry less because my eyes are on Him. It’s all about bringing Him the glory and I plan on doing just that!
