We were asked to write a blog about how we were
called to this mission trip. Here is my story…
I was sitting around enjoying the fact that my life had begun to resemble a seemingly normal life. I was locked into a job that was not fast food… I was a part of a church family that was stable, fun, accepting, grounded… was living with a family that gave me lots of space. …yes life was not in epic upheavel. Then one night, just like that, God reminded me of the heart of the adventurer He made me with…the heart for people, and the warrior who longed to bring Kingdom to those enslaved . It all started when God brought to me a friend who initially intimidated me so much I would literally hide, walk the long way round, and basically avoid at all cost whenever she was around. She had just gotten back from her first Race with A.I.M. and in her absence everyone had talked so much about her and I had been compared quite a few times to her. anyways…yeah I was intimidated… but so intrigued. She came back talking about adventure and had experienced God in a mighty way. She had walked through the darkness that entangled those along her race route and she had shared light…she spoke of bringing Kingdom… She spoke about an orginization that not only offered the chance to travel on a mission trip, but also offered community, adventure, and a chance to do that which we were called to do. One night as we talked about the World Race, I felt a tug on my heart. That part of me that longed to drop every thing and go…not to pack, not to think twice, but to go. To see what God could do if I surrendered my selfish ambition and embraced the gifts and strengths He designed in me to use for Him. To race around the world and bring Kingdom…to storm the gates of hell, for if God is for me who can be against me? The moment that thought hit my brain, I knew that the upcoming days would be full of refinement and some serious spiritual warfare but it would end with me beginning and adventure that would tap into my strengths causing an outpour of my spiritual gifts and bring me closer to my Beloved Savior. So yeah….God used my now dear friend as the spark that unleashed that which had been waiting for far to long….
