Upon
arriving to Mount Moorosi, Kim Jerkins (GW team leader) and Tonya Norman
(previous GW team leader who is now one of the 3 squad leaders in charge of the
52 of us travelling) pulled me aside and told me that the current leadership
and authority above them have chosen me to step up into leadership. Therefore, I
will be the new GW team leader for the next 3 months of our time in Europe (the
remainder of the race). I will also be making sure our team arrives home safe
and sound!
I’m
really excited, a little nervous and learning to embrace what God is having me
step out into. I have no idea how the next 3 months will look, especially under
my leadership but I know that God knows what he is doing and He has called me
to lead our team home for a reason.
It
was funny because back at the end of May in KoSamet, Thailand on our debrief,
Kim was announced as our new team leader. It was right then and there that God
told me I would be the next team leader. I tried dismissing this from my
thought process because I did not want to think about it then. But as the
months went by, I have felt God preparing me for my time in leadership. He is
calling me out in new gifts and out of my comfort zone. I’m excited to see how
my time of leading the GWs will glorify God.
It’s
funny that I struggle most with staying in the present and not focusing on the
past or future. And here I will not only have to keep myself in line but the
rest of my team as our time on the field will be coming to an end. It will
definitely be a challenge to keep myself and the rest of the team focused on
ministry when our minds will be trying to wander off to what life is going to
be like when we go home and future plans, etc. But I have full confidence that
God is going to teach me so much in these last few months. Knowing there will
be ups and downs, challenges, trials and even great times, I’m still so excited
to jump out of the boat and follow hard after him….into the new position He is
calling me into.
Prayer
requests:
·
Wisdom (James 3:17), guidance & increase
in my discernment
·
Focus on present; not on future and coming
home
·
Peacemaker qualities (for me to call things
out in love no matter what that means for my flesh, just as long as God is
glorified) (James 3:18)
·
Increase in my burden bearing gift (Romans
15)
·
Approval of man destroyed & fear
of God increased
·
Increase of intercession
