Hello fam!
It’s been a minute since I wrote. I’d like to fill you in as I prepare to leave for a week of training camp on Saturday morning. This means that I launch for the race in less than a month. (AHHHHH!!)
Numerous personal accounts from YouTube videos have taught me that what awaits me at camp includes but is not limited to:
- Camping in scorching and humid Georgia peak summer.
- Port-o-potties for a week.
- A few cold bucket showers if any.
- Whatever food is offered, despite preferences (or in my case pickiness).
- Rigorous tests of the physical, spiritual and emotional variety.
Conditions are intense to prepare us for the rigors of the field. This is to be expected. However, what many don’t know about me personally is that I have chronic insomnia. This runs in my family. It bleeds into my everyday life – my earliest memories of it dating back to Kindergarten.
This leads me to be a ridiculously high maintenance sleeper. We’re talking a plethora of pillows, fan, sleeping mask, medications, etc. If conditions are not up to par my body will not let me sleep – like at all.
Yet for a year I get a tent, pad, and sleeping bag. Oof.
Much fortitude and faith will be needed to face this year of radical adversity, transition and transformation.
I’m nervous, I’m excited, but most of all 
Why would one willingly endure such discomforts?
The arduous landscapes of adulthood have taught me that these facets of life aren’t going anywhere. I hope to face life with as much gusto as one can by trusting in God’s plan for my life every step of the way.
The Lord loves to show up when we take radical leaps of faith. Well, here I am with the nose dive.
Would you pray about what that might look like in your own life? A predictable life would be a bore anyways.
All the love, Lindsey
BIIIIG P.S. Please keep my sister Emily in your prayers. She is suffering with multiple chronic conditions that leave her in pain and discomfort daily. They have taken so much from her. She is going into surgery #8 tomorrow morning.
She needs answers, hope, and relief.
If you have any prayer requests whatsoever, my inbox is always open.
Sounds intense! Good luck Lindsey!!! Don’t over think everything! Try, “What would Mike say/do/think?” lol
Thank you so much Mike! I survived… You would be proud of me. I will fill you in soon! LOL I believe it’s WWJD ??
Thank you! I’m looking forward to telling you all about it. We appreciate it so much! Love you!
I’m so proud of you Lindsey! You’re going to do amazing things in life! The Lord has special plans for you. Looking forward to following you on your journey. Also… keeping Emily in my thoughts and prayers. Love you both!