Today is our last full day at training camp. It’s hard to believe we’ve only been here for three days! The biggest highlight thus far has been the way our team has grown with one another. We’ve spent some time hearing each other’s stories and sharing about who we were before we came.
I have already been challenged on this trip, and we haven’t even left the country yet. I continue to remind myself each morning that my identity is found in Christ and nowhere else. Throughout the day I have been taking myself to the cross of our Lord, remembering the price he has already paid for us. Our team has more guys than girls (8 to 2!), meaning I have a responsibility to be a leader. So many girls, by the time they reach college, have been hurt by guys in their past. Sandy and I have been really focusing on what it means to pursue the Lord with our hearts and honor these women. Our standard comes from Ephesians 5, and the way Christ loves his church. Obviously that’s an impossible standard to ever reach, but by the grace of God we are pursuing it with humility.
Tomorrow we leave for Africa, and I am so excited to get there. I have been focusing on staying in the present while we’re at camp, but I’m definitely excited about getting into Uganda. We painted a mural as a team that we hoped would be some sort of symbol for the work we’re expecting to do. Our mural was a giant white cross, with the continent of Africa overtop of it. When you see it, you notice how much bigger the cross of Christ is than anything going on in Africa. Also, we have a white dove painted over Eastern Africa, reminding ourselves that it is God who will do the work in Africa. We are relying on the Holy Spirit to convict people’s hearts and to reveal the truth of the Gospel. We also wrote the word hope on the bottom, trusting that the Lord can restore hope to the people we’ll reach in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. Please continue praying for us! Specifically in thanksgiving because of the fellowship we have experienced, and also for the spread of God’s Word as we begin to travel overseas!
Jordan
