Hello, my people! Just a little update! It is crazy to think that in less than a month Derek and I will be heading to Romania along with our amazing squad to start this 11-month journey. God has orchestrated so much to get us here and we are expectant for more to come.
Our squad is INCREDIBLE!! Every single person on M Squad is special and unique. It blows my mind the way God called people from all over the US and Canada (shout out Joanne) to come together and form such a fun and dynamic team. Creating relationships with these people was natural and easy. After one day it seemed like I knew each one of them for my whole life. I am so excited to be on this journey with each of them.
Derek and I got home from training camp yesterday after a long 2 days of travel (our connecting flight was delayed 16 hours). Although we are still processing and taking in all that happened during camp I wanted to share a little bit about what God did in me in the last week.
Over the past year and a half, I have been actively trying to let go of religion and grasp onto relationship and truth. For the majority of my life, my thoughts of the world were in a box constructed by the religious church, thus putting God into a box. I was tired of religious restrictions and rules and I was longing for a genuine relationship and a deep understanding of God’s Word without a tainted religious view. Although this process of “unbecoming” who I am not in Christ is not over, we made huge progress this week.
Training Camp (TC) was a pivotal point in my walk with God. The first night, God started breaking down walls of lies that I had grown to believe about myself. There are SO many things that I could write about but I want to stick to just one. My voice. I don’t remember a time in my life when I felt valued enough to use my voice. When I wanted to speak about anything I would stop myself because it seemed as if my voice would be a waste of space in the world. Like no one would listen. These were obviously lies from the enemy. Night one of TC I began to hear God telling me that my voice is valuable and desired and He wants to use my voice to transform lives. As the days progressed, I began to believe it and step out using my voice to cultivate relationships and speak life and truth into my squad mates as well as myself.
There is so much more I could write about but I will leave it here for now.
Thank you for supporting me and this crazy journey that God has me on. More to come soon!
Xoxo Em
I love to see God at work. His work is always perfect.
Emily, so glad you have been looking for God’s truth in your relationship with Him. Love this: “Although this process of “unbecoming” who I am not in Christ is not over, we made huge progress this week.” Also thrilled that He is tearing down the lies you have believed in your life. Keep challenging yourself to use your voice. Your squad mates need the life you can bring to them and the encouragement!
Thank you, Darla!