You’ve changed my life…

(Insert a long, deep breath here.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dang. What a whirlwind. 

 

As I sit here in the upper level of a coffee shop across from my friends Gabby and Kayci, I can’t help but feel the immense love I have for them. The kind of friendship that when you stand back and look at it, you’re filled with awe at God for putting them in your life. It makes you want to cry and laugh at the goodness of the Lord. 

And these are just 2 of the 24 people on my squad that I have this abundant love for. A year ago, we didn’t even know each other, but as we end this nine month journey, it feels like we’ve known each other for a lifetime…

 

Writing this blog is so bittersweet. As the end of the race draws near, its pushes me to soak in every moment with my squad right now when I have the chance. As I think of May 31, when we go our separate ways, life just seems so unreal… like in one day we’ll go from a squad of 24 living every day together to going back home where we left off nine months ago. 

 

But we won’t be going home unchanged.

 

 

No, absolutely not. 

 

 

Almost nine months of waking up and seeing each other every morning.

 

Sharing every meal. 

 

Ministry five or six or even eight days a week. (haha)

 

Celebrations and hard times. 

 

Dancing and crying. 

 

Laughing uncontrollably.

 

Worshipping together.

 

Praying together.

 

Deep, intentional conversations.

 

Game nights and movie nights. 

 

Beach days. 

 

The eight covid tests I’ve had just for the Race. 

 

From Gainesville, GA to Antigua, Guatemala to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

 

It does something to your heart. It opens it up. It molds and shapes it. It heals it. As we each one let the Father hold our hearts, we begin to know how to hold each other’s hearts. As we allow ourselves to be in vulnerable places, we begin to know what real, raw community is. 

 

An Acts 2 church. That’s what I think of when I think of Gap C. Living in community, daily living in the sanctuary of the Lord. Breaking bread together. Living in one accord. 

 

Wow. That’s beautiful. 

 

How can I express all of the joys, sorrows, excitement, and pure love of this season in just one blog? 

 

Well… I can’t . But that’s just a little taste of what I’ve lived in and through from September, 2020-now. 

 

To Gap C,

I love each one of you with all of my heart. God divinely placed us all together at the same time for his glory. Thank you for persevering. For loving me well. You are all filled with so much grit and endurance. So much love and compassion. Our hearts are tightly knit together and I know that as we go our separate ways, we won’t ever forget what God’s done. How he moved and worked in each of us. How much each one of us has grown into a beautiful child of God. 

So, as this journey ends, may we each continue to grow for the greater good of the kingdom. The race may end, but ministry never does. Kingdom never does. 

I can’t wait to see how each one of you impacts the world for the kingdom of heaven. 

 

Thank you Gap C. You’re so so loved.