Back in May, I had bought tickets for training camp to Georgia. The plane tickets were bought to fly out from Orlando (where my sister lives) on July 9 and return to Orlando July 18 (a day before and a day after training camp).
At summer camp the week before, my friend had prayed that either someone who was planning to drive to Florida alone would need someone to go with them or someone would get me a ticket from Chicago (O’hare) to Orlando. My dad is usually a planner and decided he wanted to drive down to Florida last minute. This seemed to be an answered prayer and I went with him.
I was still waiting, hoping and praying for finances, though. Wednesday came and I didn’t have the finances. I did not end up going to training camp (this year).
I didn’t (and still don’t) understand. I asked for peace, confirmations, and ideas for fundraising. I felt like I received all those things. I and other racers thought this was the right timing, but I wasn’t there at training camp.
I felt so lost that when I thought I would have been heading to Georgia, I was driving back to Illinois. It felt like I couldn’t see clearly and that everything else was swirling around me. It felt like I was standing in the “eye of the storm.”
I know God has me and will still guide me. I know I’m still His child.
What does that mean and look like for you, all my donors and supporters? I will be able to, for the last time with this funding, transfer all my financial support (money) with me to August 2022. I will have a new squad and new deadlines. Many of the same countries, though. I moved my flight to a future date and will be able to use the tickets then.
I will put forth effort to stay in touch with the people I began friendships with who are leaving in about 2.5 weeks. I will pray for K squad and follow their journeys. I will pray and be expectant about next year’s squad. I will show up and be present. And I will still put forth effort and trust God for provision for next year.
