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As you know I am on the World Race Gap Year! Currently I am in the middle of nowhere India, and will be heading to Zambia at the beginning of April. As I’ve gotten closer to the end of the race I’ve started to have to make decisions about my future after the race.
If you have been following my race you know the first three months I was in Ecuador. A country that was not on the route I signed up for and not a country I was looking forward to going to. I wasn’t very sure the Lord had much to show me here and month one wasn’t proving me wrong. Month two was approaching and I was praying to be sent to Cuenca, Ecuador, which is near Peru. The last place I wanted to be sent was to the coast, but that’s exactly where the Lord sent me. Little did I know all that the Lord was going to reveal to me while I was there. Day 7 (November 14 ,2016) in Portoviejo I wrote in my journal entry… “I’ve fallen in love with the kids at the garbage dump. I’ve fallen in love with this city. Honestly I’ve thought of coming back. There are so many people here who I want in my life long term.” By week two the Lord had completely changed my perspective on Ecuador, on high school and college ministries and everything I thought I was passionate about. I knew that this was where the Lord wanted me. So in the middle of November I voiced to people on my team and my parents that after the race I would be back. Some believed me and some told me I’d probably never come back. That I would probably fall in love with every place that we went.
Month 4 rolled in and I knew the Lord was calling me back there. I couldn’t stop thinking of everything that the Lord had for me there. So I started making plans to get back to Ecuador next December. I messaged a guy that we met while being in Ecuador that worked for the ministry that we worked with while we were there (Inca Link.) I asked him of the legal stuff I needed to do to get to Ecuador. That’s when he suggested being an intern with Inca Link for a year. Immediately I knew this was where the Lord was calling me. I sent in my application immediately, without hesitation and without doubt. I had to set up a Skype interview and on Friday the 24th that happened. Right before the call I prayed that God would calm my nerves and instill a peace in me because I knew with my entire being that I would be accepted. So as of today I am officially fundraising again. Honestly this was not my plan before the race. I would have never guessed that after fundraising a trip that cost 13,805$ that’d I’d now be fundraising for an internship that cost 11,880$. I never would have thought that I’d commit to leaving the county again 4 months after I get home. I will not be doing much while I am on the race to fundraise because I want to be present in what the Lord is doing here but I will be posting and asking for anyone who feels led to please consider partnering with me in prayer and financially. I have full confidence that the Lord will provide for this internship. My goal is to leave by the beginning of October so I have a short 7-8 months to be completely funded. Please feel free to message me with any questions that you have! Connection is scarce but I will for sure try to get back to you as soon as possible!
If you’d like to check out the website go to incalink.org and click Ecuador. If you’d like to financially support my trip go to incalink.org/baileabarwick
