Training Camp Research Paper
I am going to try my best to put into words all that God has done in the past 10 days of my life without spoiling it for future racers because I believe there is such beauty in coming in with zero expectations.
I knew going into this that training camp was supposed to be hard, I'd read a million blogs, most saying these 10 days are the hardest part of the entire journey but nothing prepared me for what was about to unfold. I assumed meeting 53 strangers, sleeping in tents, porta-potties, bucket showers and strange food would be what stretched and broke me the most. Oh how I was wrong.
Feeling pretty solid in my faith, I arrived in Gainesville, Georgia and was completely shattered. He turned my view of Him upside down and totally revitalized …show more content…
Every single one of my teammates radiates the light of Christ and has challenged me to seek and press into the Lord more than ever before. There was so much life and encouragement spoken over me by my brothers and sisters, and every conversation was held with such intention and passion fueled by the Lord it caused me to rethink everything. Training camp also forced me to be vulnerable. Vulnerable in an intense new way, vulnerable to complete strangers. If you had told me I was going to meet 50 complete strangers and share my whole heart with them I would have laughed in your face. I'm already a shy person so that was miles outside my comfort zone. People kept telling me how beautiful vulnerability can be but all I could think was ' Maybe I'll open up once I actually get to know them'. But when I set my stubbornness and fear aside, and chose to rely on the Lord and the spirit of boldness that He gives us, man was I astonished. God doesn't just want us to sit alone in all our brokenness. He wants us to be real with each other and form powerful relationships that in turn will help further His kingdom. I can confidently say that as I walk away from training camp I now have 53 new family members and have formed more in depth relationships in this past week than I have over many
I knew going into this that training camp was supposed to be hard, I'd read a million blogs, most saying these 10 days are the hardest part of the entire journey but nothing prepared me for what was about to unfold. I assumed meeting 53 strangers, sleeping in tents, porta-potties, bucket showers and strange food would be what stretched and broke me the most. Oh how I was wrong.
Feeling pretty solid in my faith, I arrived in Gainesville, Georgia and was completely shattered. He turned my view of Him upside down and totally revitalized …show more content…
Every single one of my teammates radiates the light of Christ and has challenged me to seek and press into the Lord more than ever before. There was so much life and encouragement spoken over me by my brothers and sisters, and every conversation was held with such intention and passion fueled by the Lord it caused me to rethink everything. Training camp also forced me to be vulnerable. Vulnerable in an intense new way, vulnerable to complete strangers. If you had told me I was going to meet 50 complete strangers and share my whole heart with them I would have laughed in your face. I'm already a shy person so that was miles outside my comfort zone. People kept telling me how beautiful vulnerability can be but all I could think was ' Maybe I'll open up once I actually get to know them'. But when I set my stubbornness and fear aside, and chose to rely on the Lord and the spirit of boldness that He gives us, man was I astonished. God doesn't just want us to sit alone in all our brokenness. He wants us to be real with each other and form powerful relationships that in turn will help further His kingdom. I can confidently say that as I walk away from training camp I now have 53 new family members and have formed more in depth relationships in this past week than I have over many