How I was Called to the Mission Field

I have always had a comfortable life. I’ve never really had to step out into the great unknown with concern of
things not working out and being stuck.  Mostly
because if something didn’t go “as planned”, I knew that those I love would be
there to help me back up on my feet (which is pretty amazing).

 Secondly, I love having a plan. I love spontaneity as well, but nothing beats a good, solid plan to
guide the way! I thought I had it all figured
out. I started fresh out of college with
a great job, my loans were paid off within a few months of graduating (thanks
mom and dad for letting me be your roomy again! 🙂 which allowed me even more opportunity to go out and experience life.  Basically, I knew where I was
going and I was ready for it all! 

… Turns out, God had a different plan for me.  This would mean MY plans were about to change dramatically.

Everything that I was preparing myself for was no longer in
reach or in my control. This can be a
very scary thing. Through lots of
prayer, God has been revealing A LOT to me. I’ve always wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself and God
was going to make that happen.   Who am I to
argue with Him?

 For the past while,
I’ve felt that something was missing in my life but I wasn’t sure what that was.  I read somewhere that if God isn’t
your priority; He will make Himself your priority. That’s exactly what he did and I could not be
happier about it. I feel like a part of me was empty and I was searching for something to
fill it, but I wasn’t sure what that something was. Since then, I’ve felt as if God has been filling
that void in my life and I CANNOT get enough! 🙂

Through all of the changes that have been happening, I
thought I should do something a little out of the ordinary just to mix things
up.  I
then came across The World Race. This seemed
to be exactly what I was looking for. The more I
prayed and the more I read from current racers, the more God confirmed in
my heart that this was EXACTLY where He wanted me to be.  What bigger difference could be made than sharing the Word of God with the world!!..one person, and one country at a time of course 🙂

I was so excited (and a bit nervous!) about the interview
for the World Race, and I prayed constantly asking God that if this is truly
where He’s leading me that I’ll be accepted. Well, the very next day I got the call I’d been anticipating: I had been accepted!!  

God has put such a pull in my heart towards this trip, the
people that we’ll meet, the places we’ll travel, the lives we’ll touch, the lives
He will change!  I’m done living for me. I’m done trying to figure it all out.  His plan is SO much greater, SO much bigger
than I could ever create on my own.

  23Then
he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me. 24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for me will save  it. 25What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose
or forfeit his very self.

I’m ready to give up all of my possessions, my comforts, my
all, for His glory. I can’t wait to share the gospel with those in need,
children that have lost their parents to AIDS, young girls that feel there’s no
other way to live than to give their bodies. I’m ready  to worship with the poor, the needy, the hungry, the
lost. 

James 1:27

Religion that God our Father considers pure and faultless is
this: that you visit orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself
from being polluted by the world.

 

I’m ready.