Training camp came to a close almost 2 weeks ago now.
It was one FULL week, really good, but very full. Full of thoughts, feelings, emotions, conversations, introductions, stories, messages, adapting, entering into the unknown & waiting… & waiting.. & waiting for more direction, more clarification, more information, more of an understanding of what He has in store for this year.
I am still waiting on a lot.
I have a feeling than this is just the start. A lot is going to happen and change during this year and I have to wait and find out what it is going to look like and require. My boyfriend refers to me as a diligent planner. I told him that I enjoy being spontaneous too! But I know deep down that I am a planner. I don't go anywhere without my agenda. I am constantly making lists. On any given day, you can probably find at least 4 different to do lists in my possession.. I can't get rid of the list until I complete it. I have a feeling that that is one area in which the Lord is going to transform me.
It definitely feels like I have known some of the people off my squad for much more than 7 days.. and others off my squad, I still have to be reminded of their names.. 65 people. (That's a lot of people! & normally I'm pretty good with remembering names!)
I had some really great conversations, felt known & loved and was prayed for & spoken truth over.
And there are also many people that I have connected with yet, or had conversations of much substance with, but I hope that changes with time!
The days at training camp felt soooo long…. We started at about 6 am everyday as we had to have everything packed and be ready to workout at 7 am every morning. We usually went until at least 10 pm at night, but I think the earliest I ever got to bed was after 11 pm. So I was running low on energy toward the end of the week.. This made me wonder about how the race will feel…
I pray that the Lord would sustain me & I'm hoping that it will be a more live-able pace. On day six of camp I wrote "I feel like training camp was closer to a sprint when I was expecting a 5k run. I feel like in these next/ last 6 weeks in the U.S. for a while, I need to train for a marathon & be ready to sprint in there too!"
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Those are the six beautiful people that I will be doing everything with! Please pray for my team!
