This year has been a crazy journey and I have spent plenty
of nights thinking of what God has planned for my life after The World Race ends,
in the end, I simply do not know yet. I break for each person who has a pain,
hunger or need. My heart is wrecked by orphans and women trapped in sex
slavery. I could easily work for any humanitarian cause and dive right into it
with my heart fully invested in the need for change, but I know that God has
something more specific for me. I know he would not place saving the world upon
my shoulders; He already did that through Jesus.
I sat in Thailand and prayed “God, give me a sign as to
what you would have me do next. Whether it is through opening a door, placing
something before me and creating in me a hunger to pursue it, or telling me
through one of the many other ways you can so tangibly show your will. Please just let me know what You would have me do.” I came before
Him in humility and said that while I knew I was biased towards Colorado, I
would go wherever He asked me to go.
I figured this would be something I would be praying for a
while,
I was wrong.
Within a week of praying into the next season I received an
email stating that Adventures In Missions (the organization that coordinates
The World Race) was starting a post World Race certificate program called
Center for Global Action. The email introduced this program as a next step for
people coming off the world race who might still be looking for what they
should be doing long-term. At first I did not really think too much of it, it
is a program in Georgia (far from Colorado), but I asked for more information. The
reply was quick and the information left an unexpected pull on my desires. The
program not only offered accredited courses and structured Bible education, it
required community living and was centered on helping people from The World
Race discover their calling.
WHAT! That has everything I am looking for, but I didn’t
expect it to be in Georgia or another AIM program; clearly I needed to start
praying and asking for affirmation.
Over the course of the next month I received peace over
letting go of my desire to move to Colorado in the next year. I had my prayers
for affirmation answered by outsiders who knew nothing about my interest in the
program speak about it. By the time I started ministry in Cambodia I knew that
I was supposed to say yes to the program.
I did and was accepted.
http://www.adventures.org/globalaction/
“Jesus, even though I prayed for your guidance and direction, I didn’t
expect to have stuff figured out before I went home. “
“You know how sometimes I surprise
people?…Surprise!”
“I am so blessed to have time to really prepare for another year away and
another year in a very intentional Kingdom community, but this means I must
raise additional support. “
“Yes, You are correct. It means
trusting in ME to provide. It means trusting that I don’t call you into a place
for which I have not equipped you. Remember
the trust – you fall and I catch? This is another one of those teaching
experiences/spiritual life truths.”
“Alrighty! It is always fun to take
those leaps of faith! In all honesty, it scares me but I know I have to trust
you. “
“Hey Dad…thanks for telling me about CGA and Georgia sooner than later”
So what does all this mean?
I will go home to Virginia in late July then move to
Gainesville, Georgia, the home of Adventures in Missions in September. From there God has asked me to not set any
expectations as to where this program will take me. All I know is it is where I am supposed to be
for continued growth. Come this
September I will start the next season of my live of living for
His-Will-Be-Done.
