Helllo 🙂 !! I am going to tell you a little bit more about myself and how God brought me to the World Race.! I have been privileged to live in a couple different states in my life; Colorado, Texas, Arizona, and Indiana. Its quite amazing to look back ,because each state I lived in I was at a different level of my life. In Durango Colorado , I had no idea who I was , and conformed to the things my friends were doing searching for friends, mainly boys, or material items to fill that empty spot in my heart.
My brothers Jason and Craig my Aunt Stephanie in Durango Colorado.
In Texas I started searching God and reading my bible daily and experienced God's joy in my life , but still didnt do well with peer pressure and found myself with the wrong crowd time and time again.
FINALLY in Arizona is where my growth in God skyrocketed, where I truly began pursuing the Lord, and experiencing him pursuing me back! Where I finally allowed him to fill the empty spot he so rightfully deserves. Where my eyes started seeing what he saw. Realizing that this life is not about ME but about him and his infinite plan! Right when I started being complacent in Arizona God had me move to Indiana to get me out of my comfort zone and to renew me more and more.
Amazing friends and family in Arizona 🙂 !
Moving to Indianapolis God has started laying heavy on my heart, to have my identity and confidence to be in WHO he has made me to be.To live with what I NEED and not what I want , teaching me self control in ALL areas in my life.. such a challenging lesson for me. To walk WITh him not in front of him, I am soo good at sprinting ahead when God has shown me a glimpse of his plan, instead of letting him reveal his plan I start to create my own, and often get disappointed because the plan doesnt come out the way I expected it to. Also not looking in the past dwelling on sin or mistakes I made and letting go of what if's? But to live in freedom no regrets, no expectations, because God's love is the same today yesterday and tomorrow. To truly believe and let that truth guide me.! With all the sin, brokenness, rebellion and darkness in me God has chosen to use me just as I am, to meet me where I am to be able to serve and love all around the world.
Amazing sister in Christ in Indianapolis, Indiana !
This is where the World Race comes in, I have always had the desire to travel around the world, to live in a backpack with what I needed and to truly HAVE to lean on God to provide. I went to Costa Rica with Adventures in Missions and heard about the world race and was immediately intrigued. ! Hoping that God would grant this desire, but not knowing when I applied to a college in Indiana to finish my bachelors degree and pursue my Masters in Physical Therapy. ! The DAY after I got accepted God lead me back to the World Race site to check out the routes, when my eyes landed on September 2012 route 1 I knew this was it.! For those of you who do not know me, my brother Craig Gallegos was born on September 22, 1984 and returned to the Lord in July 23, 2008, he was a man after God's own heart just like David. He loved missions, Spanish, kids, youth group, wild life, but was mainly passionate about doing God's will and loving like Jesus did. Seeing the countries that this Route was going to and the months that the training camp and launch date I knew that this was going to bring immense healing with my brother's passing away. Although I have complete peace knowing that he is in heaven and that I WILL see him againn.. there is still a lot of pain, and numbness that I need to allow God to break down so that he can heal me fully !
My brother Craig and I !
Here Am I ready to and willing to passionately serve God wherever he has called me :)) !!
