Training camp was a complete surprise. I don’t really know what I was expecting because I had no idea what it would be like going into it, but it has been so different than I could have imagined. This has already been an adventure. It’s amazing how God has calmed my fears and answered my prayers about meeting my teammates. Meeting my teammates was probably the thing I was most worried about, so having this time to spend together before we go to Nicaragua was a real blessing. The night before I left, it finally hit me that I was leaving everyone I knew and going to a different country for two months with a bunch of people I didn’t know at all, and that terrified me. The first night we were here we had to work as a team to construct a place to sleep for the night, so we were forced to bond pretty quickly. I am such an internal processer and just not really outgoing and it’s hard for me to get to know people or let them get to know me quickly. We were forced to be flexible and work together and we laughed a lot and learned about each other in the process. At this point I feel like we’re all ready to spend two months together working in Nicaragua. We are at a camp in Tennessee, and it is just so amazing and refreshing to be surrounded by people who truly love the Lord and are excited about sharing him with the nations and also be in the midst of God’s beautiful creation. God is breaking down walls already, and I’m so excited to see how that continues into our experience in Nicaragua (I can’t believe we go there tomorrow!!!).
