Hey Everyone!!
First of all Welcome to my blog!
I wanted to tell ya’ll how I found The World Race Gap Year and why I decided to go.
Over the last couple of years I’ve been feeling empty… Like something was missing from my life, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I was a Christian, I believed in God, I prayed, I even went to church with my family. Yet still, I felt like my life could be so much more, than what I was experiencing.
Then one day, my older brother was looking at short term mission trips, and he left the tab open on the computer. The next time I got on, I saw it—and it hit me! This was what I needed to do. This was what I was missing!
So I prayed, I read my bible and I asked the Lord if this was his will for me. The answer that seemed to come was ‘Yes’ so I started looking for a missions trip that felt right. I came across a few that looked utterly amazing, (one that went to Ireland, and one to Europe) and then I realized that those we places that I wanted to go—not where God was leading me.
So I kept looking, until I found the one that I really felt God would have me go on: The World Race Gap Year. At first I didn’t want to be gone for so long… nine months was just too much for me!
Or So I thought!
But thoughts of the trip kept popping into my head, until at last I gave in and started looking deeper into it. By then the October 2016 routes were getting ready to launch, so I waited until the 2017 routes were posted. It took me a while, (I was stuck between choosing Route 2 and route 4) but after prayer, reading Gods word and some very careful consideration, I felt like route 2 was the one for me!
So with a step of faith I ventured into the unknown and applied… and I was accepted! I was so thrilled and happy that I could hardly keep it in! And then the shock came… Oh my Goodness!!! I’m actually going to be leaving on a NINE MONTH missions trip!? If you know me, you know that I have never been on a mission’s trip before… I’ve hardly even been out of the US!
What in the world was I gonna do now!? How was I gonna make it? And don’t even get me started on the funds that I needed to raise for the trip! I mean (and by this point I was almost hyperventilating) I needed $15,000! But it’s funny how God can work on you in those moments, as I was hyperventilating and pulling my hair out, I just felt this peace come over me. Like God was telling me that it was all going to be fine! and that if he wanted me to go on this missions trip, then he would supply the funds, and he would help me though the 9 months in the field.
I have gotten to know the people I will be with on this journey, and they are all great people! They have helped me with what gear I should take and they accepted me, even though they know how weird I am! (Well, You guys won’t know how weird till you meet me in person!)
I want to go on this Missions trip to help people, To rebuild their homes with them after a disaster, comfort someone who was abused. To share the Love of the Lord, to tell them how He changed my life! I want to make friends, to share my story and Encourage people.
I want to do anything and everything that the Lord leads me to do.
Yeah, I’m nervous about this trip. But I trust Jesus to help me, protect me and to light my path.
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I’m so Happy you decided to read what I wrote! Thank you!
I will be posting a lot of things while on the race, and some even before I leave, so come back soon!
