Playing Catch Up

After crossing the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan, having debrief, and then taking the train to Georgia, we had PVT in Tbilisi. 

PVT stands for Parent Vision Trip. It’s an opportunity for our parents to visit us while we are traveling abroad. My parents did not come. However, the distance didn’t stop some of the other parents from traveling halfway around the world to see their kids.

I knew it was going to be fun meeting the parents, but it was such an AWESOME time. There was hardly a dull moment. We were constantly doing something whether we were in session or sharing stories from our trip or having lunch with the different parents.

We were informed that normally when PVT is going on PVTers (racers with parents present) and their parents have their time separately away from the non-PVTers or, as we dubbed ourselves, team orphans.

But as a member of team orphans, we talked about how much we enjoyed being a part of PVT. Everyone had a part to play whether it was worship, sharing, or teaching. We particularly loved chatting together in our bunks about the similar mannerisms between parent and child. Sometimes it was the way they stood, the way they talked, or personality traits. 

But the best part was being able to share stories from the past eight months of travel. You could feel the Holy Spirit in the sessions and as we went out and did ministry side by side with the parents. God was working in our hearts, but also in the parents. They even got to share and impart their wisdom and life advice to us. You can buy it in my next book for $9.99.

Just kidding.

The price is $20.99. 

One of the things they shared was going out “in a blaze of glory” because “how we end this season determines how we enter our next season.” 

Right now we are in Turkey helping out an event called Burn 24/7, but I wanted to let you know that PVT was amazing. I miss the parents already and can’t wait to see them again whether state side or paradise.