6 WEEKS!! WHAT? WHY? Those may be some thoughts going through your head right now. What about the World Race? Well… let me tell you what has happened.
As most of you know, originally the WRGY was meant to be 9 months on the field no going home, but because of covid we had to change that. Presently it was supposed to be 3 months in Georgia for discipleship training and then we would launch in January. We would have 1 week off for thanksgiving break, go back to Georgia for 2 more weeks of training and then have 3 weeks off for Christmas before we launched. This has changed again.
Our squad (Gap F) got exposed to covid 19 and quarantined in Georgia the last 2 weeks before ThanksGiving break. We would have been able to go back but then 2 other squads also got exposed to covid. Their 14 days of quarantining would cut into our last 2 weeks of training so Adventures in Missions decided to do the last 2 weeks virtual. Then all squads will launch within the first week of January. Our squad will be launching the 5th to Costa Rica. 😀
So there you have it! Thats why I will be staying home for the next few weeks. How do I feel about this you may be wondering? To be honest its bitter/sweet. The nice thing is I get to spend more time with my family before leaving them for 5 months. I get to see my little sisters Lion King Performance and attend my Dads Military Retirement Ceremony. My family will also be moving before I come back from the race so I will be returning to a new home. This extra time gives me more time to say goodbye to friends.
But its also sad because the last two weeks of training were compact with both significant and fun events. The significant training we would have had is now going to be online which stinks and the fun festive events wont happen at all. I also don’t know what Im going to do without my amazing team/squad which I have become so close with over the past few months. 6 weeks not being with them is going to be so strange and hard. The worst part about not being able to return is our amazing Team Leaders which have led us the past 3 months will not be launching with us over seas. These were our last 2 weeks together which we now wont have and we may not get to say goodbye. 🙁
So yea I am happy sad but God is Good. I know He has a goal and a purpose for this time and I know for sure when January comes around we will be all the more excited. 😀
Thanks for reading!
Alex
