Dear B Squad,

I hope you’re ready because the time is here. We are leaving soon and diving head first into these next 11 months. We have all seen the blood, sweat and tears that has gone into the preparation, now we are about to turn that up a few notches. We have seen people come and we have seen people go, but the Lord placed us together for a reason and we all know that. 

I am nervous, anxious and excited to do this journey with you all. Times will get hard but we will also make life long memories together, that’s why we are a family. Let’s remember to stay focused on God and raise each other up everyday. Even during the long, hot days scraping paint outside or at VBS when we don’t speak the same language as the children. I don’t think there is anything we could do to prepare us for what we are going to encounter, but that’s the fun part! 

I am also ready for all of the amazing, fun experiences that we will have too. Like meeting so many new people, adventure days, learning new languages, volcano surfing (haha) and so much more! We are really going to be living life together.  

You are all strong leaders and I cannot wait to see us all grow in new ways. 

Thank you to everyone who has prepped us for this race, we can’t thank you enough. Thank you to Drew for answering all of our wild questions and calming nerves when fundraising isn’t going as planned. 

I can’t wait to work with TT, Dawnette and Randy and learn so much from them!! And a huge thank you to Britt and Erica for leading us for the first few months so we don’t lose our minds on the field. Our leadership team is the best!! 

And to Eva, Connor, Ryan, Hannah, Sabrina, Bethaney, Kristen, Rebekah and Erica - let’s do this thing. See you guys next week. 

**Prayer requests for all the names listed above as we hop on this new journey next week. Prayers for healing for my dad. 

Love y’all, 

Kellie