Author: Adventures

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...

  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

The super incredible amazing adventure has begun!  After all teams arrived at the Atlanta airport Friday, we were surprised with an envelope that gave us instructions to find our way to The Safehouse.  We took the Marta (subway) to Peachtree Street.  From there, we asked someone on the street for directions and then were on our way carrying our HEAVY weight of equipment that will last us for for the next three in a half months.  Let me just say:  it was heavy and a great hike to our destination.  At The Safehouse we were told that the rest of the night we were going to spend on the...