At the end of our month in Costa Rica, Spencer, our 6:8 ministry contact was gracious enough to house all 64 S Squad members. We all gathered together for a mini debrief and the announcement of the new squad leaders and team changes. Earlier in the month our awesome Squad leaders approached me with the opportunity to step up into the Squad Leadership position. It was something that I felt God calling me to step into. However, I still continued to ask God and I wanted to make sure I embraced this opportunity in complete humility and submission to Him. I’m making the transition from leading 6 awesome men and women of God, to leading 60 awesome men and women of God. In this transition, God revealed some amazing things to me. One of them being the courage to ask God for anything and the trust all that He does is a blessing and is for our benefit. I always believed that I should be humble or patient, but not necessarily pray for either one of them. Recently while Cody was praying for me, he mentioned humility. I started to gasp thinking uh oh…but God spoke to me saying embrace what I have to offer you. There is nothing I will put you through that won’t make you a better man. To shy away from anything I have for you is faithless, cowardly, and foolish. Embrace the patience and humility God wants to teach you and trust in Him completely. So I accepted the opportunity to lead God’s people and I look forward to the hard times. God please grow me and shape me into the image of Christ. I do have the advantage to serve along side an awesome woman of God and my fellow squad leader, Shannon Ahola. I pray that God use us to guide this group of Godly people into a deeper and more intimate relationship with Him. We also had team changes. Lindsay and Cody were chosen as new team leaders and the teams had a few new adjustments. Team changes can be a tough time for a squad, considering you’re just getting to know and love your teammates when they occur. It may have been hard, but the members of S Squad took the changes with grace and acceptance. It’s a testimony of their character and their faith that God is in control.
