Mar
2
Southern Travels
Filed Under AIA Track & Field Ministry, Life
With my job, we need athletes to come and travel with us. We set up a goal to visit and have team meetings with 50 schools. Contrary to what we want to believe, not everyone has heard of Athletes in Action (such a shocker there!) So with four of us in the office, this means we each are shooting for 12.5 schools. Each of us has our own “territory” to go and recruit. Mine is, of course, the south. This year I decided to expand my trip and hit up more schools and instead of flying into Birmingham, get a rental car (or in this case…truck) and just drive.
I really don’t mind driving. Actually, it was something I definitely needed. With coaching on top of all my other responsibilities, I have a tendency to run myself ragged and the past few weeks were showing that (that and my bad timing call to give up coffee). I needed time to spend with just Jesus. I needed time to think, to pray, to be. I’m taking this time to memorize the 4 Spiritual Laws (currently still stuck on Law 2, which states that man is sinful…I need to hurry up and get to the good stuff!) Immersing myself in who He is and in His promises has been such a blessing. It’s a comfort to know I don’t have to be perfect (and actually will never be) and I don’t have to have all the answers. I just need to have Jesus.
So far I have visited 6 different schools, spoken to about 250 athletes (maybe more, I’m horrible at guestimating numbers) and probably around 10 coaches, attended 2 weekly AIA campus meetings at 2 different schools, met tons of new people, stayed at a few strangers’ houses, caught up with old friends, played with kids and have been working on my tan 
I love the south. For many reasons…the food, the people, the accent, the phrases… This place will always have a special place in my heart and I look forward to returning at least once a year!