I grew up in a very missions minded church. We had annual missions conferences, missionaries frequently sharing on Sunday night, a weekly missions prayer time and summer mission trips available to the youth. With all of that exposure I still never realized how humbling and intimidating the call to be a missionary is until I started the World Race process.
I am realizing what it is like to be in the shoes of a missionary. My respect has increased 10 fold for the obedience and sacrifice they have chosen to make for the furthering of God’s kingdom. Support raising is just one aspect of being a missionary but it can also be one of the most intimidating. Asking for money is definitely not easy, BUT I’m starting to see how it’s about soooo much more than money.
It is an opportunity to trust God beyond what I can see. $17,000 is a super duper intimidating number!! Especially to a college graduate living paycheck to paycheck. 🙂 I get a little freaked out every time I start to think about it. However, I continually have to choose to remember how God has provided for me my entire life, not just financially but in every aspect. In those moments, I can either choose to look at the numbers and say God’s not able or I can choose to trust the faithfulness of God and the promises of His Word. I firmly believe that if the World Race is what the Lord has for me than He is going to provide. And it’s going to be in His timing, not in Anna Beth’s timing.
Please pray with me for a heart that trusts God’s ability over my own. Please also pray that my heart will be open to what God has for me over the next year whether that is in fact the World Race or staying stateside for a bit longer.
Thank you for taking time to read this and for all the prayer and financial support I have received so far! 🙂
