Today is the last full day that we have at our contact’s house in Rwanda.
Month Five is ending.
In just a couple of weeks my race will be half over.
It is so crazy to think of… so I won’t.
This month, God has been showing me
First, how He has EVERYTHING in control- He’s got this, there is no reason for me to waste any energy worrying about what is happening.
I’m big on examples, so here is a big one.
I was not supposed to come here. World Race September 2014 Route 5 was not supposed to come to Rwanda. I did not sign up for this. The day before we left America, we were informed of a route change. Originally, we were going to Botswana, Swaziland, and then to South Africa in Africa. The countries were changed to Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. I didn’t really know what to think when that happened. I wasn’t overly devastated but at the same time, I wasn’t excited. I had asked around about the three countries that we were going to. I had researched them. I didn’t know anything about these new countries. Now, my birthday wasn’t going to be in Swaziland- which I was super excited for- now it was going to be in Rwanda. RWANDA? I had probably heard about the country a handful of times and I’m sure that most, if not all, of those times were in my World Geography classes.
Well, God showed me. He had this country hand picked for me to come to in January of 2015. He divinely appointed all of the relationships and meetings that occurred. He had Frederick hand picked for me (see my last blog, “His name is Frederick”). My God KNEW that we were coming here. He was not surprised, He had it all planned out and there was no need for me to worry. God’s got us and His plans are for good.
Second, this life is short- I need to use it accordingly. Here on the race- TIME FLIES.
Like, I haven’t even seen time fly until now. I used to think that time flew a lot.
And then I came on the race.
I’ve never seen time flyyyyy like this!
When I signed up for the race, 11 months seemed like such a crazy long time! Now, it’s almost halfway over… and I just don’t even know how that happened.
I really want my time here on the World Race
-My time in different countries AROUND THE WORLD-
to count for Christ.
I want that so much. I don’t want to just become okay with doing my ministry for the day and cutting out. I want to make the most of every single moment of my time.
I want to MAKE IT COUNT.
So, I would love for you all to pray for me in this. You can send me a message or an email or just pray! Totally up to you! 🙂
I want to make all of my time count while God has me EXACTLY where He wants me.
This is the time.
The time is NOW.
Imma make it COUNT.
<3 Ash
