“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of your Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 15:5-6
After couple personality test, being examined by multiple leaders, team builders (including holding hands on a 2.5 mile run), and through much much prayer; our teams have been announced. This is truly an exciting time to introduce the small team of six I will be working with on a minute to minute basis. My team includes:
Zach Parish:A guy who lives in our state,AR- but still claims Texas(no surprise). Full of love.
Jess Edquist: Another Texan that has a great laugh and fire in her soul. Beautiful spirit.
Patrick Baez: And for the last Texan- whom Jesus is shaping his heart to be like His own.
Maithili Johnson: A Washington State girl that is so sensitive to the spirit and full of spark.
Jessie Miller: An Ohio gal that came in with a hug and is not leaving without one. Pure Joy.
From the very beginning this team got together, we bonded through laughter. Every team’s mission was to pick a team name and make a memory. Our memory included taking one of the Worldrace staff’s car, Jimmy, and adding anything and everything to it, including leopard dice and visor (which he loved), Just Married written on back windshield and cans dragging to follow. Words do not do justice.
Our original team name was the Tex-Mex Ballerinas, but surprisingly J that one didn’t sit as well. So after a little more thought, it just made sense that our team wants to bring joy to others through our laughter and excitement. JOY stands for Jesus Overcomes You. Our mission stands within this double meaning. Not only do we desire to bring JOY to the broken but believing that as Jesus has overcame us, He too wants to overcome the broken.
You can go to the main page www.theworldrace.org and click on teams. From there select Team July and you will see my whole squad. Under the squad that I will be traveling with, you will see Team J<O<Y. You can click on their name to go to their own home page.
It is honor to have a group that is ready to do the work of the Lord. It is also an honor to have a team that wants to do it with JOY. The verse above is one that Maithili found for our team. I desire that our team and our squad, no matter what the name, would go this next year to glorify the Lord—— above all.
