I was talking with my friend Vivian the other day as we ate frozen yogurt. (Yes, they also have that in Vietnam. Crazy, right? AND it’s just as delicious.) We started talking about life after the race, which isn’t something I like to talk/think about often, however we both realized just how many opportunities we have after the race.
I guess you could call this my “reckoning.”
I look at the world and I realize I can go anywhere and I can do anything after the race. Especially with the Lord guiding me! I can move to the slums of Nicaragua and work with children. I can live in Cambodia and work at a women’s shelter. I can move to California and live in community with my world race sisters. I can live on a small Hawaiian island and become a surfer.
Ok, maybe that last one is just wishful thinking and not so much God’s will. However, I won’t complain if that’s where He wants to send me. I am realizing how big the world is. I am realizing how big God is. I am realizing that God’s plans may be more than just North Carolina.
As scary as this realization is, it makes me excited for the future. I can’t wait to see what God’s plan is. Maybe it’s Nicaragua, Cambodia, California, Hawaii…or maybe it’s North Carolina. Wherever the Lord sends me I am blessed to be able to see how big the world is and how many opportunities there are to serve.
I’m “in the middle of my reckoning.”
-Caitlyn
