A few months ago I decided I wanted to purchase a Giving Key, for those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a key with a word that you pick that you feel like you need at that time in your life, then once you embrace the message the word holds on your key, you give it away to someone else who you feel like needs the message. I LOVE this company because the people they employ are people who are trying to transition out of poverty, how cool right? Well ANYWAYS, I was looking down the list of words, trying to figure out which one I really felt like I needed and something really drew me to the “Let Go” key, I didn’t know why, but I ended up purchasing it.
Shortly after getting this key, I found out about the World Race and even though I was very drawn to it, I thought NOPE, NO WAY. Taking a year off before going to college seemed CRAZY. So I started looking towards the short term trips through Adventures in Missions but something felt off while looking! These were great mission trips I could go on but I knew God was telling me that I needed to do the World Race Gap Year. Being in countries I know nothing about, living out of a backpack, and the possibility of not having warm water or a warm bed to sleep in honestly scared me. So I kept running and running because of my own selfish wants and desires. But luckily God is VERY persistent and faithful. I saw signs in my everyday life that showed me that this is what He wanted me to do. So eventually I stopped running.
“Let go and Let God” WHO KNEW? This key symbolizes that I need to let God take the reigns because He has a great plan for me (one FAR greater than I ever had for myself) and I’m grateful for it and I need to follow the path He has set for me! I need to start putting all my trust in Him because I know He will never fail me.
I will now be leaving the place I call home to follow Him around the world (Guatemala, Lesotho, and Cambodia). One of my favorite quotes I see all over the World Racers blogs is “If home is where the heart is, and my heart is with the Lord, then I am home wherever I am” and how true is that? I am so blessed to have this experience and now that I have finally accepted His plan, I am SO excited for it.
“I am blown away that my God, who could do this all by Himself, would choose to let me be a little part of it.” –Katie J. Davis
Much Love,
Caitlynn
