Training camp was…
Amazing. Brutal. Demanding. Eye opening. Raw. Real. Lovely. Fun. Emotional. Spiritually reenforcing. The most precious time I’ve ever had with the spirit.
Some of these words are drastically different from one another but every word explains training camp in a special way.
It was amazing. I got to meet and spend time with the 24 other people I will be doing ministry with full time starting in October. We got to learn together, cry together, worship together, sweat together, take bucket showers together and so much more!
It was brutal and demanding. Physically we definitely had challenges but we all overcame them. The most brutal part of the deep digging to find inner healing from past wounds and scars. But God came through, he healed and showed us love! What a blessing.
It was eye opening. I didn’t expect to learn so much at camp…I thought it would be a lot of worship and getting to know my squad mates…and that was part of it but my eyes were opened to so much more. I learned how to better get in touch with the spirit. He is always there but I think a lot of times we think that miracles can’t happen to us. Let me tell you, at training camp, they did! I saw the spirit move in ways I’ve never witnessed with my own eyes. I learned things about myself that I never fully recognized or lived into in the correct way. I can’t wait for the Lord to grow me in these things!
It was raw and real. There was no being fake at training. It was a time to get down and dirty and deal with the stuff that lies below the surface. We learned about our strengths, our weaknesses, how we can contribute to the team and how to pull back to let others have a chance to grow their gifts. And we dealt with things. We helped each other and became a family.
It was lovely. Like I just said. We became a family. There’s no other short way to say it. God did something in all of our hearts and the bond we created with each other is unbreakable, I believe. There will be struggles, we’re a bunch of humans with different gifts (and we have a lot of natural leaders on our squad) but we all have at least one thing in common. We. Love. Jesus.
It was fun. We had a lot of fun! We even had fun taking cold bucket showers, at least I did! (the first dump was always tough but it got better ??). We got to do some field scenarios and practice things that could possible happen on the field. We got to worship, sing, dance and learn.
It was emotional. I think everyone cried at least once. God broke our sin and shame in order to build us back to be warriors for him. It was emotional but it was good. So so good.
It was spiritually reenforcing. The best part. We connected with the spirit in unexplainable ways. The spirit spoke and we listened. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever experienced. I’m so thankful for the time I had with my squad and the other 2 squads that were there, we made friends and grew together but most importantly, we learned about Jesus and who we are in him and that connecting with the spirit is never out of reach.
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