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Halfway(past halfway actually)….I didn’t think that this point in the race would come so soon. I have preached the word to locals in the Dominican Republic, Helped build a Church/School/Orphanage by mixing and pouring concrete in Haiti, Helped build a house and love on orphans in Romania,  Fix up an orphanage in Moldova, assist in different ministries in Mozambique and work hard and love on orphans in Swaziland. I have seen the Lord move in myself, my team and those that we come into contact with.

 

                                    Molly with a little girl in the Dominican Republic

The World Race takes you out of your comfort zone, out of the things you know(America and all its influences) and shows you that there is more to life than the American dream. If you allow it, the World Race will shows you what happens when you take God out of the box that we put Him in. I know before I left I presented a sermon at my church and the focus was how we put God in a box. How we limit God and his ability and the power of His Spirit because that is how we grew up, or because the world tells us that certain things are just not possible or cannot be explained(physical healing, prophesy, raising of the dead, speaking in tongues etc..) and yet Jesus says in John 14:12 –
 “Very Truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do EVEN GREATER THINGS than these, because I am going to the Father.”

                                              Worship at launch before leaving on the World Race

So why do we insist on putting God in such a tiny box and refuse to acknowledge that He can do great things through us?! Through the power of Jesus Christ we can heal people….literally HEAL people! You can be given the gift of Prophesy and Prophesy over people’s lives…. You just have to be willing and let Him.

                              World Racers at training camp worshipping and praying over each other

On the Race have I healed anyone?…no. Have others experienced healings….absolutely. I have prophesied over teammates, been given visions from God for my squad, and heard from the Lord in my own life….and I have yet to scratch the surface of the power of the Holy Spirit that the Lord has given us. Why have I been able to experience these things?….because I was willing. I was willing to step out in faith when God told me to go, leave my life at home, my job and the American Dream, raise close to $16,000 and go do His work in the world. I opened myself up to the Holy Spirit working in and through me. ……And yet sometimes I still find myself putting God in a box.  I pray for healing and yet I do not see it. I ask the Lord to speak to me through dreams and give me the gift of speaking in tongues and yet have not received either of these things. Does this mean my faith or belief is not strong enough?…No. Not at all. Everything happens in the Lord’s timing.


                                           Sarah and I after we painted at an Orphanage in Moldova

We each walk our own path and while I believe that God honors the posture of our hearts when it comes to living for Him and the gifts that He gives us, I also understand that His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways are higher than our ways(Isaiah 55:8-9). I understand that all things come in God’s timing and maybe my thoughts and dreams for my life are not God’s thoughts and dreams for my life. He desires the best for us even if we cannot see what that means. So I Trust….I trust in Him and his vast and endless love for me. I trust that He has my life in His hands. I trust that He will protect me like He did in my car accident last month in Swaziland. I trust that He will provide for me when I am in need. I trust that He will show me the path He wants me to take after this journey of the World Race is over. And He will continue to guide me the rest of my life, whether that is for one more hour, one more day or many years.

                                           Myself and some of the kids at El Shaddai Ministry in Swaziland

So why is it that I do what I do and continue to live this life….because I trust. I trust in Him. I trust in His goodness, His grace, His mercy. And I love. I love hard. I love everyone I come into contact with. I love the people who are easy to love and I love the people that are hard to love. I love because He first loved me and He has never stopped….so why should I?

 
 

                               Abby and Freddie, one of my favorite people since from month one in the Dominican Republic