Training Camp Adventures:
Training Camp has been one adventure after another. I met my team of 22 amazing women of God who are supported, full of compassion and have such servant hearts. We have been worshipping, proclaiming Jesus’ name, listening to the Lord speak and surrendering. Every time I wish we would leave Georgia and go to Africa at that moment, the Lord convicts me or teaches me something else that I realized I had to learn before my adventure. I know that the Lord is powerful and that He is working in my life! He is teaching me that I do not have to accept any labels from the world and that I am a daughter of the king, who is beautiful. God does not make an imperfect person and I do not have to claim or hold onto any negative words, hurtful advice, or any medical diagnosis. God is molding and forming me back into the Claire Brown He created me to be. One activity at training camp was a surrender walk. We were given large piecing of firewood when we each wrote what we wanted to surrender on it. Then we each were prayed for and began the walk. As I walked, I was faced with challenges and questions. As I walked the weight of my wood grew but I knew this weight did not compare the weight I had been carrying. I was told to pick up other objects along the walk if the weight I was carrying did not accurate;y represented the weight I had been carrying, so I picked up a large rock also. We had to climb a very steep side of a hill that was made of mud and leaves. There was not a path created where we were walking. I wanted to throw my log to the top of the hill then re-pick it up at the top but it symbolizes what I have been doing in my life with giving things to God then taking them back and trying to carry them on my own. As I finished the surrender walk I approached my leader who prayer over me. Then, I was able to finally give my burden to the Lord once and for all. It was a powerful, emotional experience. That is just one aspect of training camp. The Lord is active and is roaring like a lion. I can’t wait to see how He roars through me!
