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Training: Day 1

Today has been another long but very eventful day.  I slept at Theta Xi last night crashing for a few hours before going to Midtown at State Street with Adam Caracci and Cam Phillips.  It was an amazing service that I was glad to be back in Atlanta to participate in.  After worshiping the Lord and hearing how the Lord commissioned Peter to go forth for the Lord I went to finish up some work before training.  Around 3pm I got a ride with another team member down to the Crown Plaza hotel down by the Airport.  We checked in and got situated for a few hours meeting members of other teams going to Salerno Italy, and South Africa.  It was great to be able to also meet the members of my team that I will be spending the next seven weeks with.  They seem to be a great team that will be united under the common goal of serving the Lord in Sarajevo.
We went out and got some dinner as a team, the Pizza was delicious.  After dinner we had some meet and greet games that we played just to get us talking.  We then had some time in prayer for our trip and what we each need prayer for individually.   What are our fears for this trip, how can we trust in the Lord during this trip.  Not our will but his be done.
Now is time for rest as we wind up for a full day of learning about how we are going to try to reach the students in Sarajevo, and growing in unity as a team.  Keep our team in your prayers as we go forth in our training and into our time in Bosnia starting with our 18 hour trip to Bosnia on Wednesday-Thursday that will end up taking a whole day(24 hours) with time changes and everything.

All is Great in the Crown Plaza Hotel

Paul Shackelford
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