Hello sweet friends! As of yesterday, I am now home, from an awesome 10 days at World Race training camp in Georgia. Going into training camp, I had no idea what to expect but camp was better than anything I could have ever thought up on my own.
These past 10 days, God has stretched me in ways I’ve never been stretched before. This week I gained 48 new brothers and sisters who point me towards our heavenly father each and every day. I tried weird foods and things that brought me completely out of my comfort zone. I cried both tears of joy and tears of sadness. I stepped out of myself and took a look at the beautiful world around me. I took bucket showers and slept in a tent for majority of the week. I lead my squad of 49 on a campout with the help of 3 squadmates. I hiked 2 miles with my huge pack on in the heat of the day and I survived. I woke up early and stayed up late. But most importantly, I had some of the best days of my life amidst all of this, both the good and the bad.
I think a lot of the time as humans, we view change as something scary. We don’t like to be taken out of our comfort zone because well, we are comfortable there. But what I am finding, is that God hasn’t called us to be comfortable. He has called us to step out of ourselves and to do something crazy and beautiful with our lives. These past 10 days, I have learned what it means to step out from this safety net i’ve been keeping myself in. I have learned that change is not a bad thing at all, in fact, it is one of the coolest things because it forces us out of comfort and into something great. Change is how we grow. It is what keeps us from becoming stagnant in our faith.
There are no words for me to be able to accurately convey all that happened the past 10 days at camp. I have never been more exhausted both mentally, physically, and emotionally. But as hard and draining as camp was, It was SO worth it. I now have 48 new brothers and sisters to call my family and 6 of which that I am proud to call my team.
Team Agon. Agon is greek word meaning to fight the good fight of faith. It comes from 1 Timothy 6:12. We are told to take hold of the eternal life we have been given and to share that with everyone we encounter. We are fighting the good fight together as a team. How awesome is it that I have 3 new sisters and 3 new brothers that I get to travel the world and spread the kingdom with?! I am so proud to be able to call these people my team. God sure knew what He was doing when he put us together. I am lucky enough to be able to live and do ministry with these world changers for hopefully all 9 months of this journey and I am SO excited. I am ready to dive deep into my relationships with these new sweet friends and invest all I’ve got into them, and I know they will do the same for me. I am so thankful that God handpicked these sweet souls to go on this crazy adventure with me. God has some BIG things planned for this team, and I absolutely cannot wait to see all He’s got for us.
I thank you for all of your prayers throughout my time at training camp. It means so much to me to know I have so many people back home supporting me on this journey. I pray that you continue to pray for my squad during this month we have in between training camp and launch. I pray that you would lift up team agon in your prayers that we would grow closer and closer not only to each other but to God each and every day. I couldn’t do this without y’all so thank you so much!! Below is a video I made of training camp these past 10 days, I hope you enjoy it!
Love you guys so much!!
Love,
Reya
