It’s been over a week now since Training Camp ended.
And WOW. There is so much that I could tell you all, but I’m going to mainly focus on how God moved me the MOST.
The first night the squads were all there we had a worship session. Wow. Seriously, I couldn’t describe it more than that. (List of favourite songs at bottom of post)
The Holy Spirit was definitely moving in that place. I felt like I’ve been needing something like this for a while. And after that night, I felt so refreshed and renewed to saying “Yes” to this call and what God will be doing in these next 11 months.
If it weren’t for that first night, honestly I don’t think I would have been able to say “yes” to any of the other things we did at training camp. Being vulnerable, giving feedback, going out and evangelizing, and hiking 2.2 miles in under 38 minutes are just a few things that I couldn’t have done without God and this amazing squad.
One thing that I think I was the most nervous and where God challenged me the most was when we went out and evangelized. Even though we were given a great tool to share the gospel with, it’s still terrifying going up to a persons’ house and being willing to share that with someone. PLUS I’m not one to start a conversation.
So going into the evangelism part, was terrifying. Our team split into pairs, and we went about our way to the neighbourhood where we were to go. I was shaking, and almost in tears by the time we got there. We were asked to pray and hear for a word that the Lord was saying about this neighbourhood. My partner got the word “prosperity” and I wasn’t sure at first, but definitely know I had the word “peace”.
So we stopped at the first house, and I literally turned to my partner and told her that I was so nervous, and balled my eyes out. She than comforted me and prayed with me, and I think that the Lord was really just wanting me to hear the word “peace”. After that, I was still nervous, but I knew that the Lord was telling me to go and spread his name. We stopped at the next couple of houses but no one answered, and I felt the need to pray for these houses. Which slowly eased me into actually approaching the front door and knocking.
When we finally got an answer at a house, she was a Christian! And immediately I felt a sigh of relief. And the last couple of houses felt like a breeze.
To say the least, I felt like that was a reality check to this whole race. We are going to be doing evangelism all over the globe! I almost think it’s more of a problem if we can’t do it in the comfort of North America and can go and do it globally. It’s still definitely going to be a challenge though.
But that is something I needed God to challenge me with.
Thanks for reading this blog post!
Love,
Laiken
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