Refreshment

Inverness was a good thing for the team.  It definitely wasn't easy.  In fact, it was probably one of the more difficult times for us.  But it needed to happen.  We needed to have these certain things come to a culmination point so that we would actually be forced to sit down and talk through things.  It was good and healthy.  Not easy, but necessary.

The best portion of our holiday in Inverness was Wednesday afternoon.  The two other teams from Scotland met up with us for a couple hours.  "Woo...big deal," I'm sure many of you are thinking.  Really though, it was a big deal.  I needed that time.  The three other girls on my team needed that time.  The guy on our team desperately needed that time with the two guys from one of the other teams.

We needed refreshment.  Desperately.  The teams for the two other cites were all friends we had made at pre-field, which is why we were all so excited to see one another.  It was such a blessing to see familiar faces, who we genuinely love, and sit and talk for a while.  We didn't have to share our life story, or tell more and more about ourselves (which is a good thing, it's so important, and I'm so thankful for it, but it is exhausting).  We just sat and talked, like fairly normal people.  Blessing.

Refreshment.

A blessing from God at the perfect time.