I am still grasping everything that has happened, so I apologize if I forget something. What an incredible week it was when it felt like a month. I finally met the people on my squad face to face instead of through a video or a picture. I have fallen in love with my new family that I will be with this coming year. I cannot wait what the Lord has in store for not only me but my squad.
People have told me I would got plenty of sleep while camping cause its vacation…hate to break their heart; I got like no sleep. Sleeping in a bed this past night did not feel right, let me explain. First & the last night we all slept in our own tent to get ready for camp & the trip home. All these sleep arragements are things that are gonna happen, so we just have to embrace it. Half of us “supposeldy” lost our luggage. When this happens we buddied up. After a not so good night sleep of being hot, (some getting rained on because of hammocks) it got even better. Whole squad about 54 I believe all had the honor of sleeping on school bus. Following terrible nights of sleeping came the hosple place (the dorms) then the community tents. Total hours of sleep for the week maybe 20; What in the world did I get myself into? As a racer you will fall asleep anywhere you can even for an hour or so.
I spent countless hours not sleeping wrestling with God and trying to understand what in the world was I getting myself into. Spending so much time journaling; I have never wrote in my journal so much in all my life. Praying with my squad, worshipping late into the night, having good conversation, and other things that kept me awake. With all these sleeping arrangements that is only a part of being a racer at training camp. For a strange reason I just wanted to know who was going to be on my team most of the time, and trying to wait patiently for the Lord. What I did not know what the Lord had in store for wrecking me into who he wants me to be.
