It’s funny what God will do in and with your life if you’re willing. Almost 9 months ago, I was at training camp for the world race. It was a 10 day training program where around 300 people ages 18-35 joined together to prepare for this crazy thing called the world race. I had no idea what to expect. I lived in a tent or hammock the entire time. No big deal. I ate some weird foods. Not too big a deal. We had roughly 47 sessions a day. (Maybe slightly exaggerated) If you know me, you know me and school don’t mesh well. So sitting for all those sessions were tough, but man did God give those men and women some amazing truth to pour out into us.
I also had to do a rather long hike, by my standards then. I was not in a place physically to do that hike. Freaked me out thinking about it. The men that supported me while on that hike (shoutout to Mason, Matt, and Matt’s walking stick) know I wanted to just fall over and take a nap. They kept pushing and I said yep, I’m going to keep going. Ended the day feeling accomplished by completing that hike with my bro’s.
After the second day, I was thinking, crap. I am way in over my head. I am not cut out to leave the country away from everything I know with a bunch of randoms for 9 months. After lots of prayer and advice from some pretty amazing guys, I decided even though I didn’t feel like I was cut out or even honestly want to leave, I said yes. Wow! I will never regret that. God has allowed me to go and do some crazy things!
I have hung out with some homeless people in Guatemala, just being able to show them some love and attention for a while. In Lesotho, I got the chance to encourage some prisoners and people suffering from various illnesses. I even got to see so many of them come to know Christ!! My time so far in Cambodia, I get to help finish some construction in a church, teach some English, and speak at a drug rehab center.
I am on the other side of the world writing this right now.
If I hadn’t said yes, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go and see God’s kingdom being built around the world. I just am so amazed. Not that these 7 months have been all rainbows and unicorns (Allison), but they have been worth all the good and bad. Living with at least 4 other people at all times. Digging into some hard truth, receiving hard truths. Disagreements and arguments. Ministry doesn’t feel like its as much as it should be. There are so many things that I could use to disqualify how amazing this time has been.
God called me out into this season to do His work around the world. I felt completely unqualified to do it. I ain’t a perfect person or Christian. But I said you know what, God has the best in mind for me and He can do whatever he wants. Why would he not keep His promises and use me like He’s called me. Yes. Yes. Yes. Say Yes. God doesn’t give us empty promises. Probably the most incorrectly used verse, but such truth. Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who is my strength.”
God isn’t in the business of disqualifying us, but qualifying us through His strength, not ours!
Thanks for reading! Please continue to be in prayer for my squad as we finish out these last 2 months. We want to give it everything we have and more! If you want to reach out to me with any questions about pretty much anything, email me at [email protected]
