All sorts of walls we thought we couldn’t move came crashing down. A lot of intense things have been happening here at AIM Training Camp. It is so sweet to see how God is breaking each of us. I never even thought how many things were holding me back until God unleashed me and made me realize I was free! Free from pain. Free from shame. Free from every single thing that was keeping me back. I think every single participant here has gone through the same feelings this week.
One major story that really shook me was during a worship session.(Ps. worship sessions are legitimate. They are the bomb, yeah know?) We were praising, singing , and dancing wildly for Jesus that night. I felt God moving within me and His love taking over me with the true words we were all singing at the top of our lungs. I started to feel free and overwhelmed with His joy of freedom. God ripped away the pain I was holding on to from the past. I had no idea I was holding on to those things, but I was. Tears were forming in my eyes when I was praying “Thank You” to God over and over. I felt someone embrace me and it was Nick, one of my team leaders. He started praying and blessing me with so many encouraging things. The thing is, is that he didn’t have to come over to me speaking these things from God, but he did. I believe that God was using Nick to speak to me. Making me realize that I was free, that I was worthy of being here, that I was strong. Thank you God for not giving up on me.
I know now more than ever that God always meant for it to be us on this team. God always meant for it to be Nick and Hannah to be our strong and epic leaders. God chose us. I find so much hope in that. God has chosen us… we have not chosen Him. He always has had a plan for our lives.
On our team flag it says “BREAKING HEARTS. BRINGING HOPE.” I believe God will break us and wreck us to fully understand how broken the people of Kenya will be. I am so excited to do this with my five brothers and six sisters on my team. I love them. I am free! We all are free!
