Author: Adventures

  Coming to Atlanta, Georgia for training camp I knew close to nothing about what I was getting myself into. From this, what it seems, everlasting training camp experience, I have learned a lot of things that I’ll carry with me throughout my walk of life. I am so thankful for what I have learned and overcome, and cannot express in words how excited I am to be a part of such a perfectly selected group to go out and be able to do amazing things in what is going to be such an amazing place. Luke 18:29

These first few days at training camp have been some of the longest and most interesting days of my life. The first night in Atlanta, Georgia, we arrived at the homeless shelter that we would be staying for the night. Our first assignment was to go out on to the streets of Atlanta and talk to people and ask them their story. So there we were in Atlanta talking to these people on the streets till 1 in the morning. It was quite the experience and nothing that we were expecting to do on our first day. During the rest of our training camp we were well prepared for our trip with...

Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.” -Jeremiah 1:12. One thing someone may notice about our team (team Swaziland!) is that we are quiet, sometimes really quiet. Not all the time and we are becoming a more talkative bunch but since we all met in the Atlanta airport you could tell that it was going to take a little while longer than other teams for us to get to know each other.  It’s ironic almost in that although sometimes conversation is little among us when I pray for our team God gives me verses about...

Let me start of summarizing the first four days in a few brief phrases and words: sleeping in a homeless shelter, praying with homeless, holding a woman beaten by her boyfriend and praying with her, helping a homeless lady clean her dentures, taking a shower out of a hose, bugs, cabins, sweat, tears, and lots and lots of anxiety. The first four days here have been nothing short of an adventure. I have quickly learned that everything I know and love and all that is within my comfort zone has been tossed out the window. I went from a fairly spolied american girl to a dirty and confused bum....