Today I would have just gotten back from World Race Training Camp, in three weeks I would have launched with an incredible group of people that I hold very close to my heart, but God had other plans for me. As much as my heart breaks to say this, I’m not launching in August. Instead, I deferred to launch in August 2022 at first I was questioning when I talked to Austin like “God why me? Why take this group of people away from me and bring me into a new group?” and the Word I got from Him was the most simple two words on the planet “Trust me” and so here I am holding close to that word from Him. Before I get back into this in more detail I want to say something:
TO K SQUAD: my heart beats for y’all. You all welcomed me in with open arms, you showed me how to love harder, you showed me that I wasn’t alone in my battles. You prayed for me, fought with me, and went to war for me. From countless zoom calls spending my Sunday evenings with you all, to all the laughs we had (like me throwing my dog iykyk) and to just simple loving me in my mess. The encouragement you all sent me even when I told you all that I wasn’t launching meant the entire world to me. Y’all will forever hold a very special place in my heart. K squad, you will all be the people that I will always go to war for. The ones that I will fight for the most. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for being the best. I love each and every one of you more than words can describe. Forever praying for y’all, Kingdom Builders.
TO MY NEW SQUAD: God has put me with you all for a reason and I am trusting Him in this. I promise to welcome you all in with open arms. I promise to be a safe place for you all. I am praying so hard for each and every one of you even if I don’t know who you are yet. I promise to go to war with you. I promise to lift you all up even if you are feeling down. The community that is to come with you all is nothing in my mind compared to what God has for us. I love you all dearly already.
Stepping into this new season is hard for me. This last season was something I truly didn’t want to let go of, but I’m trusting even in the midst of heartbreak and confusion. I am holding tight to the calling of the World Race and running with that into this new season. I trust that God has me right where He needs me to be right now.
Trust. Let Him move. I’m ready for what you have for me.
ANW
Ashley, you are so amazing and i really wish i would have gotten to meet you. Even though you arent launching with us- K squad will always welcome you with open arms. God’s plan for you is in my prayers- i loved meeting you on zoom and i am excited to meet you in person sometime 🙂 until then, blessings
I am sorry that you couldn’t launch with the Squad for this year.
But I am happy because I will be on the next year Route and I am excited to meet you.