Merry Christmas to all of you, I hope you are having a wonderful day with your families. I am spending Christmas day at home with my parents, so we had a late breakfast and we’re planning on our annual trip to see a movie later this afternoon.
To catch you up just a bit I have been back in Texas since the day after Thanksgiving. Immediately upon my arrival I had strep throat, so I spent at least a week battling that with some antibiotics. After a month of being home I am finally gaining energy and getting somewhat used to being in America. I am still unsure of what my next step will be but as soon as I hear from the Lord I will definitely be blogging about it.
Today I want to write a blog in honor of my World Race coaches, Michael and Kathy Hindes. Part of the World Race adventure involves debriefs. Debriefs are a time of reflection and spiritual renewal at the end of every month or two on the Race when our coaches or other AIM representatives come to meet the squad out on the field wherever we are. Our squad was the first to have two main coaches for our whole journey. It was so wonderful to have coaches who cared so much about all 27 of us individually.
Michael taught me so much about the gifts of the spirit, more specifically how the Lord has gifted me. He encouraged me so much in my leadership and the development of my gifts. It was so incredible to get to the end of a hard month of ministry and have both he and Kathy there to set me back on track, to remind me of who I am and give me a push in the right direction.
Kathy is such an incredible listener, she was always more than willing to spend time with any of us listening until we were done talking. When she would show up it was so nice to have her motherly wisdom around. Just the comfort of having a mom who’s also a nurse was so comforting especially after being sick so much throughout the race.
Michael and Kathy literally have given up there lives to serve the Lord through the World Race. They are so passionate about igniting a generation to bring the kingdom of God to this dark world.
