lets do thissssssss….things are getting real. i leave on sunday for launch (world race’s training, preparation, get-you-excited, say-goodbye-to-family, etc.) and fly out on the 3rd for the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. to say i’m excited would be an understatement (i’m psyched)…to say i am packed and ready would be a lie (maybe i’m a diva, but how am i supposed to fit all this stuff in a backpack..seriously). thinking about and anticipating what these next few days offer is full of bitter-sweet emotions. saying “goodbye” to my family and friends for a year is crazy hard, but saying “hello” to this new family and journey that God’s got me on is exciting stuff.
so i found out a few days ago some more details about what i’ll be doing in the D.R. we start out in Lajas doing a teen camp and we are partnering with a ministry called H.O.P.E. DR…. check em out…. http://www.hope4drnow.org/ …”helping others pursue eternity.” yes, i will be living in my tent, so i will need some prayers to ward off all spiders in the country. not a joke. i don’t do that 8 legged business.
new place. new people. new culture. new food. new language. lots of newness. but i am grateful for a God that is never changing and ever constant. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and end. To Jesus be all glory.
would love some prayer in a few specific areas: that this time of transition would be filled with peace and comfort. that our team would walk in confidence and develop a deep bond. that the people we encounter would have soft hearts and hunger for truth. that we would trust and cast any and all anxieties on the Lord.
for those who have supported me financially, i cannot even try to fully express how grateful i am (i am so close to being fully funded yeee). for those of you supporting me in prayer, “thank you” doesn’t cover it, but thank you thank you thank you for partnering with me in this.
i’ll try to post once we get there and figure out what’s going on. in the mean time, stay swag.
if you want to know more about what the world race is, check out this awesome video they just released…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYUDhkLpTw
