I just got back from spending a week in Copper Mountain at Campus Crusades STINT Briefing conference. It was great time with the Lord, the South Africa STINT team, and other Crusade staff members who are dedicating a year of their lives to serve the Lord in countries around the world. It was amazing to talk with teams who are moving to Spain, Mexico city, New Zealand, Italy, and so many other places, all with the same purpose. This week I was once again reminded that my heart is so small. It was incredible to experience briefly a piece of God's beautiful heart for the nations.

One of the most exciting things about this week was that our team had some great time to get to know each other. The Lord truly blessed our time together. We shared our stories and why we felt called to South Africa. In hearing from each person I was moved at how creative our God is. Everyone's story was different, yet we have all been called to serve as a team next year. Each team member has unique gifts and I am so excited to see how they will be used.

To the right is a picture of the team on our last night in Copper. Running right to left is Rylan, Dan, Ali, Kendra, Stacey, Me, James, and Ryan. 

There were a lot of meetings and a lot of details for the trip were discussed. I was hoping to work through a lot of questions I had about the STINT this week, instead I found peace in being flexible. I am definitely a details person as well as someone who loves to start up new things. I am learning pretty fast that these two desires clash.  I have mentioned that we are the first STINT team to move to South Africa in our region. So this is new and exciting, but it also requires me to be really flexible. Details for the trip are clearing up, but we have all agreed as a team to remain open and adaptable with the months to come.

One last thing about this week. Some exciting news for us, we might have another teammate by the end of this week. This person is considering joining our team, making it a total of 9 people to go. This is really exciting for us, and we hope it works out. Please be praying for peace in the decision making process.