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Wednesday the 2nd

  • All
    teams arrive in Jineotepe Nicaragua to begin our debrief!  6:30 pm Andi and I make our way to
    Managua Nicaragua to pick up our squad coaches.  We make it back at 10:30 in bed at 11:00 pm.

Thursday the 3rd

  • 8:30
    Breakfast, 9:30-11:00 Meeting (Welcome Patti and Mike, worship,
    testimonies from the month)
  • 12:00-1:00
    Lunch
  • Andi,
    Patti, Mike and Myself debrief teams from 1:00- 6:00, Dinner from
    6:00-7:00
  • Meeting
    from 7:30- 10:30-  Worship and
    a Word, in Bed by 11:00- 11:30 pm

The next four days was a marathon of events mirroring
Thursday the 3rd. 
Might not seem like much but it was positively exhausting!!  Not only physically but
spiritually!  None stop pouring of
ourselves for our teams!

 Debriefs are one of my favorite things about the world
race!  It’s a raw time of
incredible worship, building up of teams, and personal breakthrough.  They are challenging and life giving
all at the same time. Especially when you’re a squad leader!  At the end of each day Andi and I were
completely drained.  But every
morning was refreshed and eager for the day!  What a paradox!! 

 Living with the same people 24/7, traveling throughout the
world, and seeing/ experiencing things you haven’t before brings up a lot of
issues, questions, and interesting dynamics!  Our squad is constantly being stretched and these debriefs
are a crucial component of processing, building, and equipping!  And when were done at the end of
debriefs we’re released for another 2-3 months of a whirlwind of events and
life in the nations!   What a
life we live!!??

 I don’t know if you can imagine traveling with 46 people, but
I assure you it’s quite the accomplishment when said and done!!

 The very next morning after debrief we jammed packed a bus
with 46 people plus luggage at 3:30 am for a hour bus ride to the airport.  The following 48 hours
were…..”special!”
  • 8:30
    am….  4 hour flight from
    Nicaragua to Miami.  We have 
    1 hour 45 min to catch our connecting flight to LA.
  • While
    in Miami one of my teammates left his passport on the plane.  I stayed back while it was
    retrieved.  Sent the rest of
    the squad ahead.  Two of my
    teammates and myself missed our connecting flight to LA due to waiting to
    retrieve the passport!
  • We
    were bumped to the next flight 2 hours later- After a 5 hour flight we arrived
    in LA with one hour to spare to meet up with the squad and catch our
    flight to Thai Pan- Thai-Wan.
  • 14
    hours later we arrive in Thai-Pan, and have 2 hours to our connecting
    flight to Bangkok Thailand.
  • 4
    hours later we arrive in Bangkok Thai land!!
  • And in
    a flash we transfer 46 people and their luggage to a WYAM base in Bangkok.
  • 2 days
    of rest and orientation, and I take all the guys on a 12 hour bus ride to
    do ministry in the hill tribes of Northern Thailand for the month!!  All the women will be split within
    3 to 4 different locations within country to do ministry in the “red light
    districts”- Mainly women and men that prostitute themselves!

 Only on the World Race!!

 I have arrived safely in Bangkok!  It feels so good to be back!!

 Love you all!