The past 10 days I spent in Gainesville, Georgia with the squad I am going to be living and traveling with for the next 9 months of my life preparing for the World Race. Adventure is an understatement for the past week and a half. I can honestly say I have never been pushed so much physically, spiritually, and emotionally in my entire life… and I loved it!
I met my squad of 42 amazing, inside & out beautiful humans that immediately became my best friends. I have never been surrounded by so many kind-hearted, genuine people in all of my life and it was beyond refreshing! I got to also meet my team- 5 girls all with hearts of gold that I will be doing life with for 9 months as we travel and spread the love of God!
Over the past 10 days we ate crickets, slept on a freezing concrete floor with airport noises blasting in our ears, took cold bucket showers, ate with our hands (almost every meal), spent about 45 minutes in a torrential downpour rescuing our bags from drowning, and tons more. There were plenty of weird things we experienced from food to sleeping to hiking in the heat to the red dirt of Georgia. Regardless of all the abnormal discomfort, we had each other and God which made everything worthwhile and oddly enough, incredibly enjoyable. In the past 10 days, I learned more about myself and who I want to be than ever before. God tested us in ways I never dreamed of and pushed us beyond unthinkable limits.
Training camp put my life in a new perspective giving me an opportunity to realize what truly is important. A week and a half without makeup, mirrors, negativity, phones, many clothes, a real bed, and normal food makes you rethink a lot about what is truly important. The Lord taught me to change my perspective and priorities in life and trust in Him to take me on a matieral-less and selfless journey. By no means am I there yet, but I know thats exactly where God wants me to be. He taught me how to trust in Him and how to forgive in these past 10 days. Following what the Lord wants you to do is by no means going to be easy, but it is a challenge I am willing to take. I am so SO excited to see what the Lord does in this next year of my life and, although I will miss my normal food and flushing toilets and mirrors, I am now ready to sacrifice all of that to follow what the Lord has in store for me and my squad!!
XOXO,
Skyler <3
