The World Race culture is full of a ton of eye-roll inducing lingo.
[sunset in Trujillo]
No really. It is. Any racer that has gone through Training Camp and a couple of months on the race [not to mention hours upon hours of blog stalking] can probably compile a list of words, phrases and statements that world racers say.
“I’m processing”
“When’s team time?”
“Can we have a one on one?”
“I need you to prefer me”
[or the phrase I said over and over this past month in Trujillo: Do you want my rice?
Thank you to Jan, Kurt, Buff, Micheal, Workman and Cherissa for finishing most of my rice]
[And the funny thing is you can literally see a visceral reaction on most of the N Squads face before the utter some of those words. Because we just know that we have officially become World Racers as we say them.]
This week the word that flew about everywhere was this:
Debrief.
[cassie and I on our Peruvian adventure]
Have you had your debrief?
When’s your debrief?
We’re going to debrief the debrief.
I feel like I should debrief that conversation.
[I cannot tell a lie. That was me. I have had too many conversation that have needed debrief]
debrief.debrief.debrief.
hate.
like really.
OK not hate. I don’t hate debrief. I actually have learned a lot this week. Or at least started to form thoughts about the things that God is doing in my life. I’ve loved having our Squad Coaches here because they are phenomenal and loving.
I’ve had continued amazing beautiful conversations with people on my squad. I’ve gotten to walk places in small groups, eat yummy food, drink good coffee, sleep in past 730, get my clothes laundered and the list goes on.
.
As everyone has been discussing how relaxing this week has been I’ve just been shaking my head.
I haven’t been horribly relaxed. I’ve been in a tug of war of emotions, people and learning lessons.
It’s been a jam-packed week.
[me and chels at a random church]
Not to mention still trying to work out the fact that my Grandma has only been gone for 10 days.
I really don’t think I could list in a blog EVERYTHING that God has taught me with my time in Peru.
Not to mention the fact that I am STAYING in Peru in March.
Bring it on God.
There is one thing I believe I can share right now.
One lesson that might be easier to dish out:
It’s the fact that the World Race; these 11 months?
Are a crazy long debrief to the first almost 28 years of my life.
[me and riddle. starbucks. by ourselves]
Why do I say this? At debrief this week I have uncovered so many things about my actions and ramblings over the past two months.
But over all? I am realizing that the World Race is uncovering things about my actions and ramblings over the past how ever many years of my life.
And it’s absolutely amazing and terrifying all at the same time.
God is legitimately rocking my world.
He’s showing me who I actually am as opposed to the box in which my identity has been living.
[catherine. love.]
So that’s where I’m at.
I’m learning, growing, being stretched
[desperately wanting to feel like a girl and not a world racer.]
And I’m also in Peru- where I will be all next month.
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