Many of you may already know, but for the rest of you I will share the news:
I am no longer leaving for the World Race in June, but instead will spend the summer in Charlotte and will join the September World Race team!
Before training camp, I had been asking God to show me when He wanted me to go on the WR. My sister is having a baby in August, the summer would give me more time to raise support, etc, etc. But at training camp, I felt strongly led toward June, and in hindsight, I think it is because of the wonderful people I met and the connection I felt with my team.
But now it seems clear, though against my understanding and my own plans, that God wants me in September. And it makes sense – not only more time to get my psyche together, but also my finances and to be here when my sister has her baby and spend time with my family.
It has been a long struggle to get to where I am now, realizing that I need to work through of a lot of personal issues and let God strip away the things that I have held onto, that have been hindering me from fully experiencing Him and being used by Him. Brady’s recent blog called Broken really encapsulates what I have been struggling through and am about to face (read it!).
I am going to miss my June team terribly! But I am overjoyed to know that God has a plan for them and a perfect plan for me in September…plus I get a whole new group of people to get to know and call my family!
Please pray for the June team as they are in the final weeks of preparation and as they enter the mission field June 5th. Please pray also for me…for healing, encouragement, and to have my eyes fixed on the Author and Perfector of my faith over these next few months here
in the States!
We seize the day
We turned the tide
We touched the stars
We mocked the grave
We moved into uncharted lands
Fortune favors the brave
