“If you want to know the answer to the bigger question — what’s God’s plan for the whole world? — buckle up: it’s us.”
– Bob Goff, Love Does
When I was a kid, my dad had a Mercedes convertible. In the summer, we used to put the top down and squeeze 3 of us kids in the back seat to drive out to the little league baseball fields. I grew up in Southern Indiana so the drive to the baseball fields had a lot of curved and hilly back roads. Sometimes my dad would purposeful swerve the car a little bit and we would all slide around in the back. My dad was always in control of the car though, even though I thought he was being crazy sometimes. I think God is a lot like this. He says, “I’m going to swerve the car, but remember I am in control of the car…so buckle up, it’s going to be a wild ride.”
As January draws near, my excitement and nerves seem to be growing by the day, if not the minute. I seem to be in a constant teeter of logistics overload as I prepare to move back to Indiana prior to launch and borderline panic thinking what exactly I have gotten myself into. Can I actually live out of a backpack for a year? I am not even sure if I will be able to set up my tent, which I don’t, in fact, own yet.
Amidst these sometimes overwhelming nerves, I am finding so much encouragement. Whenever I get to tell someone about what I am doing, the excitement for the adventure that lies ahead comes rushing back to me. I love having the opportunity to open my heart and tell people I am leaving to serve and spread the love of Jesus all around the world. I so am encouraged by the outpouring of support I have received. I recently told most of my friends at my office in Boston about my plans and I was overwhelmed by their response. While I’m not entirely sure how I was expecting them to react, I was met with encouragement and support far beyond what I anticipated.
When I was considering applying to the Race, one of my fears was that people would think I was crazy for quitting my stable job and my promising career to go do this. I almost didn’t apply because of fear of “What will people think?” What I have found by taking this leap is that God will provide the encouragement and support that I need for this journey. I have been surrounded with supporters from the day I started telling people about my decision, and it continues to accumulate. “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4
Sending My Love,
Callie
