To His faithful warriors.
There were so many of you who battled for and with me in
prayer, who took up your armor and fought on the frontlines against spiritual
attacks so all of us out there could keep going. Your faithfulness through it all humbles me like I cannot
express. As I was spending a year
abroad of untamed adventure, His body was fighting for our squad every day, day
in and day out, from where they live.
I feel honored to have walked this year out with you. Many of you took hits for me that I’ll
probably never know about. Many of
you sacrificed the luxury of some extra income to support me. You loved me, you covered me, you
encouraged me, you fought for me, and you sent me.
Thank you. It sounds so little for all that you
endured and did.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
The investment you put in me this past year through finances
and prayers has not returned void.
As I’ve said many times, the year that you played a huge part in making
happen did something in me. It
began a stirring within, a fanning of sorts, that is intensifying with the
passing of days. And I can’t
ignore it. Like I said in my last
blog, I just want to go. I want to
do this thing, this Kingdom thing, and I want to see what just might come to be. This past year I scratched the surface
of seeing Heaven come to earth and it’s time to keep going.
Those 322 days out on the field opened my eyes to the life
of the church in Acts that we rarely see today. I don’t need an entire doctrine on the Spirit’s movement to
know that it’s moving. I saw with
my own eyes. I saw people
instantly healed. I saw chains
fall to the ground from the bondage that has held too many of us captive for
far too long. I saw His Kingdom
manifest itself with power, presence, and most of all love. I experienced how the Lord used the Race
to awaken 27 people into fullness of life and of power by taking us out to 11
months later bring us back in again.
And I want to be a part of the movement that is continuing.
Despite a lot of stubbornness on my part, my next move is
set. Come mid-January, I will be moving
to Michigan to endure the coldest (and longest) winter of my life alongside a
few other equally-crazy people who think that the winter won’t be “that bad.” I
guess any amount of below-zero weather is worth it when you think an anointed
generation is manifesting itself in this world.
There are a handful of us who will be relocating up there
for this next year. I’ll be in the presence of some pretty incredible kingdom people who are serious
about this and who are gifted in all sorts of things. Writing. Storytelling. Artistic expression.
Speaking. Teaching. Worship. We’re coming
together as His body of individuals who have the same heartbeat to keep diving
in. We’ll be under the spiritual
authority of Michael Hindes, director of the World Race, and we’ll be digging
deep into life together. We’ll be dreaming
up what the World Race could become as a viral movement for this generation by
awakening them out of a place of passionless slumber and into people who are contagious
fire-breathers.
We’ll be doing things both locally within the states and
globally out on the field, all based around the vision of seeing an anointed
generation come to be in this world and seeing Kingdom come to manifest in the
darkest, most horrific places.
* Speak at universities, youth
groups, and churches, sharing the stories and vision of the World Race.* Recruit more potential racers to
come on the pilgrimage. Help with marketing of the Race to get the story out to
more people.* Interview potential applicants. Help run training camps. Prepare upcoming racers for the
pilgrimage ahead.* Bring awareness to the global
issues that are plaguing our world as we speak. Issues like the horrific reality of human trafficking that
is just as much an issue here in America as it is abroad, the AIDS epidemic in
Swaziland that is currently wiping out an entire nation of people. Get people aware of what’s going on and
involved in bringing change.
* Travel to debriefs to encourage,
exhort, counsel, and light a fire under current world racers out on the field.
* Connect with new ministries as
potential places for future teams.
* Lead short-term teams back into the
places that broke our hearts and awakened our spirits this past year, like
Malawi, Thailand, and Swaziland.
* Get our hands dirty in the issues
of this world. Human trafficking
is a huge kingdom issue that we want to play a part in bringing awareness to, and ultimately stopping. We want to keep going back into those
places of injustice and be a presence, proclaiming freedom and light
into the darkness.
This whole upcoming journey is a rabbit hole of sorts. I don’t really have any idea what’s
going to happen this year or where it’s going to take me, but I’m ready to find
out. All I really know is that I’m
being sent out into the nations to continue on. I know we’re not all sent out and that many of you are
exactly where you are called to be, impacting your communities with Kingdom everyday.
There are some who are called to stay and some who are
called to go. Some of us are sent
out and some are called to send. If you feel called to send, I’m asking if you would
prayerfully consider sending me. There
is a lot of Kingdom work to be done out there and I’m ready to get dirty diving
into it.
As excited as I am about what is to come in 2009, I know I can’t
go alone. If I learned one thing
this last year on the race, it’s that I definitely can’t do it without you. So I am asking you if you would
consider coming along this next year with me. In order to do this, I am in need of raising $20,000 to
cover the basics of travel, ministry, and living expenses. I will keep you constantly aware of
what is happening out there through this blog, videos, phone calls, and
emails. And together we can see
what just might come to be.
To support me on a monthly or one-time basis, all you have
to do is click the “Support Me” tab to the left of this page. If you have questions, you can send me
a message through the “Contact Me” tab.
All donations are
tax-deductible.
The goal is 500 young people on the race in 2010. And 1000 in 2011. That’s 500 awakened, fire-breathing
young people re-entering the states in two years to be sent out into this world
to bring kingdom impact wherever they step. The potential is eternal; eternal, kingdom presence all over this world.
I just can’t stop
wondering what could be. What
actually might come to manifest itself in this country and in this world? It is the potential for a viral kingdom
movement to erupt all over this earth that I cannot walk away from.
Thank you for reading this. Thank you for walking out this journey with me. And most of all, thank you for being part of
the Kingdom journey He has us all on.
Kingdom come.
Caroline
