Author: Adventures

Flooded

  it’s not always a bad thing   I have conquered training camp! These past five days have completely blown me away. My teammates and leaders have become some of my best friends already….and we haven’t even left yet.   Sitting in the airport, I am reminded of all that has happened these past few days. When we arrived at camp on Friday, we all were able to settle into our tents and hang out. That ended up being an adventure. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were super rainy. All of the tents flooded. It turned out to be the best thing that could happen. We were...

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Unexpected Freedom

Everything figured out. No fear, shame, or sadness. Smile, game face on. But this doesn’t last long. Your boat gets wrecked. Everything falls apart, but oddly feels to be falling into place. Vulnerable. Walls shattered. Tears shed. Healing beginning. The first few days of training camp I was frustrated with myself. I came into this thinking I had a great relationship with the Lord. The more it hit me that I didn’t have this perfect relationship, I felt weak and I wanted to pull away. After a few sessions I realized I had God in a small box that I wanted to control when I let him...

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Perspective

I am now sitting in the JFK airport in New York watching the people go by. My team and I just traveled from Atlanta after spending about four days in training camp. I love people watching. I always have. I love making up stories of what the people could possibly be doing/going/meeting. However, I rarely spend any time thinking about the true stories behind the faces. Some have smiles, some are pushing people out of the way, and some are stuck near a plug with their nose pressed against a screen. Yet, they all have a purpose. They all have a reason for being here, whether it is vacation,...

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Bucket Showers–It’s Better Just To Drown

I took my first cold bucket shower on June 3, 2016. It was actually quite nice, except I felt clean for about two seconds. Naturally. Georgia is hot, and tents are not air conditioned. And neither are port-a-potties. Things are sweaty and messy. It’s not pretty. As I walked into the AIM headquarters Friday, my soul was carrying weights that I did not allow myself to realize. They asked us to release them. They asked us to free our hands of anything that was not of the Lord so He could fill our Hands. I have encountered the Holy Spirit many times in my life. I asked Him to speak to me...

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Bucket Showers–It’s Better Just To Drown

I took my first cold bucket shower on June 3, 2016. It was actually quite nice, except I felt clean for about two seconds. Naturally. Georgia is hot, and tents are not air conditioned. And neither are port-a-potties. Things are sweaty and messy. It’s not pretty. As I walked into the AIM headquarters Friday, my soul was carrying weights that I did not allow myself to realize. They asked us to release them. They asked us to free our hands of anything that was not of the Lord so He could fill our Hands. I have encountered the Holy Spirit many times in my life. I asked Him to speak to me...

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Bucket showers….(they are interesting)

A bucket shower is simple; you take a bucket and shower. It is a lot harder than you think it would be actually. You take a five gallon bucket and fill it up with the water hose, then you use the cup in the bucket to wash everything (hint: you don’t really get that clean from it). It makes you smell clean and look somewhat clean but you aren’t actually clean. That is how sin is, you look clean but on the inside you aren’t really clean.Some of our sins only we see. . .so we think. God sees everything. He knows every sin we have ever committed. We walk around acting like we...

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