Training Camp…Finally.
I’ve been trying and trying to think of what to write to explain these crucial 10 days. And I’m still at a loss of words; I cannot seem to put this amazing experience into words. But I feel that I still need to share with you all some of what happened at camp, so please bear with me as I try to explain.
We were finally allowed to grieve. We were in a place where it was safe “not to be ok” and I knew deep down I was not “ok”. As a teen, I had started bottling my feelings up inside unable to deal with how I felt. To survive I did not grieve. As hard as it was to let out those feelings of loss, rejection, and so many others, it was very much needed. It gave me such an unexplainable peace and healing to be able to sit at the feet of my Jesus and mourn everything that has been taken from my life. This is a process I think everyone should do; I cannot explain how this one exercise impacted my life.
From the beginning of camp to the end we were constantly told to let go of our expectations of camp and of our World Race trip. This at first was very easy for me, but then as the days went on we were asked to give up more and more. It seemed that as I gave up more things, I would start picking up others. This was the case with our teams. When our team was announced, I was taken off guard and very surprised. I didn’t understand why I felt this way since I had let go of my expectations of the trip, but I realized I had picked other expectations up. The more I prayed about it and let it process, the more I fell in love with my team. The more I talked to my team, the more I realized that God had hand picked each of them to be on the World Race and for all of us to be together. My prayer is that you’ll fall in love with these amazing people just as I have. As you cover us in prayer please pray for our team as well.
From the top we have Colby, Halley, Kristi, ken, Nick
Then on the bottom it’s Chelsea, and Lacey (me)
We Are Silas!! As in Paul and Silas from the book of Acts. They went to a lot of places together, for the founding of the church. Silas kind of shows up out of nowhere in the book of Acts and then disappears. His ultimate fate is unknown. We like the fact that he seemed humble. He played a part in building God’s church, but he wasn’t the main attraction, God was. He supported Paul and was regarded as a faithful brother. We liked the idea that he was part of Paul’s community and we as a team will be living in community. That’s our vision for the team name.
Lacey
