My wife had gone through revelation wellness and instructor training during kind of a tumultuous period in our life.

We were in some big transition and while that was awesome and I saw huge effects of that positively in her life, It didn't really seem like it was my thing.

I'm not that interested in fitness instructing, but when she heard about Rev Wild and the opportunity to go learn how to backpack,

that was interesting. I just didn't know if I was that interested. I've been around a lot of church groups and churches and been involved in not-for-profits. I was a little bit afraid of the

group being too churchy or too stiff. I just have to say, wow, like so many times my wife was right to push me and my experience

at Rev Wild was like learning to breathe all over again.

I got to encounter God through the people that I met and the people

that I spent time with there. Again I was nervous. I came up with every excuse

that I could not to go and I would have missed something so sweet and so wonderful in my life.

I would have missed some great friendships that I think I'll have for a long time.

But most importantly I would have missed rediscovering a piece of me

that I think life had just kind of

suppressed and quieted. So I would encourage you if you've got bad excuses for not

going but you're thinking about it I just say jump off off the fence and go you got nothing to lose.

Hey everyone and welcome to another episode of the Revelation Wellness podcast today we will rev the word together. You just heard a good word from my friend, my brother

E is a fellow. We're not calling them fitness teacher gospel preachers. We have a new little

hashtag for him. We're calling them Tree

Huggers Jesus lovers. They are our outdoor leaders who have been trained up

at the heart of the kingdom and the culture of the kingdom to take people

outdoors, inviting people outdoors to encounter the presence of God to know who they are

and what they're living for. We did a first squad back in

last summer and it was so amazing that we knew okay we've got something here

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