One of my fellow Mosaic teammates, Tyler, wrote a blog about some of our first experiences as a team. Here it is (with a few changes). Enjoy!
Preparation and Pain
After C Squad split into our amazing groups, we felt the Holy Spirit pulling on our hearts to share and spend time with somebody outside of camp when we went to go bond and eat dinner. The Lord has brought a lot of new passion and vision into our lives during this long but energy-filled week. The stories of our lives are no longer just individual experiences but now have intertwined into an experience of a life time that we will live for the next 11 months, starting in January. Our group's new name was a very important part of creating our new team's identity, and we all wanted a name that would reflect each of our hearts passion for this adventure and individually combine our recent changes that we have felt. So after about an hour of discussion and brainstorming, after the bathroom I come back to the table to hear a very loud and enthusiastic "MOSAIC!!!" This was a new and creative name that we felt encompassed all of our ideals and feelings the Spirit had shown us.
Our new group traveled outside of our camp on Friday because we felt the spirit moving in our hearts to go spend time with our new group and share the love that we have been blessed with to another child of God. After settling for a delicious scoop of ice cream, we sat down with our new groups and bonded for about two hours. Before leaving, we decided to ask for directions to the closet southern BBQ restaurant. The manager at the ice cream shop, Chris, was more the willing to show us to his family's favorite place to grub. Chris is 22 and living at home with his family to take care of his sick father. For the past couple years, Chris has struggled with bills, family, and the place in his life where he felt God was leading him to. We felt the pain in his heart and the challenges he has been facing day by day. So we told him where we were from and what God was doing in our lives through this World Race mission. "God wants you and will place you where he plans if you are willing," I said to Chris through the small service window at the ice cream shop. Chris was a huge encouragement to me because our stories related so well together. We prayed a Spirit-filled prayer with Chris, asking him to trust and challenge God for him to look into something like to World Race. This experience has warmed my heart and provided me with a beginning look at what God has in store for us in the next 11 months!!! God is LOVE!!!
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