The Lord has blessed me so much this year in so many ways. He has taught me more than I ever thought I could learn. I know I’m not done with the race yet and I haven’t experienced central america yet, but I want to tell you a few reasons why I had to get out of my comfort zone away from my home, family and friends to experience God. So I thought I would make a list of all the reasons I know of so far.
1. If I’m comfortable I am not learning anything. As my old fitness teacher would say, “Your only building muscles when it starts to hurt.”
2. God and Satan work differently in every part of the world and we don’t see the real threats in America. A lot of the world’s Christians see the Lord heal and demons cast out in their normal life and American Christians don’t think those things happen.
3. Traveling with people I don’t no yet makes me turn and trust God.
4. Being out of phone range of my family and friends makes me ask the Lord who am I in his eyes. I have learned and still am learning to only to ask for Christ’s opinion.
5. Hearing what people are having to go through and seeing it are two different things. Some people really don’t have clothes, food or water.
6. I would have never learned to be undignified before the Lord if I never went to Africa.
7. When you are stuck with a group of people you have to learn to be patient . I could not just hop in my truck and leave when the girls wanted to go shopping.
8. I also could not run from my problems. The team would call me out as soon as I would try to put up a wall and hide.
9. You learn its not about understanding the words, but recognizing the actions. I did not know what people were saying when they prayed for me all the time but it was just as meaningful.
10. And last but not least……..I learned how to use a squatty potty.
I’m sure there are a lot more, but this’ll do for now. There has been a year full of growth that I would not have gotten if I didn’t listen to the call to come on The World Race.
