After a year and a half of praying and just wanting
to be apart of The World Race, here i am. 
I'm sitting on my couch in my living room writing
my own blog for this site.  
It's weid to think that in about a year this blog 
will be filled with stories from different countries. 
My heart will be different, my mind will be opened. 
One thing that will stay the same though, is Jesus. 

I really really dont want to focus on the future right now, though. 
I want to focus on the present.  On the people that i have right now. 
I'm in Coldwater, Michigan where i've lived since i was 5. 
The people here, the relationships i have here are so important. 
I think there is a huge reason God has put me into a route that is 
almost a year away.  He still has a year of work for me to do, right here. 
So, in this time, i'm going to work at my job.  I'm going to go to my 
community college classes, and i'm going to invest in the lives
here.  i'm going to love hard here so i can love just as hard somewhere else. 

I know i have fundraising to do, and i know i have a lot of documents
i need to finalize but in this next year i'm going to love more than i have
ever loved before.  He's right beside me helping me with all the documents, 
and the fundraising.  He is also next to me whispering 
"you arn't gone yet Chelsea, i still have work for you to do."

Please follow me on this journey, i will assure you, it's going to be an adventure.