When did I first hear my call from God about the World Race?
Exactly one month ago as of yesterday!
How did I hear about it?
I was on a mini vacation in Lynchburg, VA (home to Liberty University) with some friends, where we stayed at my friend Hannah’s friend’s house. During our stay one of the guys who I was happy to meet named Dan mentioned that he was getting ready to leave in October for The World Race, when asked what that was he said its an 11 countries in 11 months mission’s trip. My first thoughts were ” WOW that’s Awesome, but pretty CRAZY and I would never want to do it.”, little did I know that God was planning otherwise! I enjoyed my weekend and then went home and completely forgot about the conversation I had had. A week later while I was surfing the web the name World Race kept popping into my thoughts, so I found the website and read up on all the info and even watch some of the videos, I then got sidetracked away from the site and ended up going to bed and forgetting all about what I had read. Another week passed and then one night I felt like God was literally there talking to me in my room, I kept hearing “Emily when you were little you use to say that you wanted to be a missionary when you grew up, and when you were older you changed it to I’d like to do mission’s type work for God. Yet when I presented you with opportunity after opportunity, you backed down from them. Now even when I have given you the biggest opportunity yet, all you can do is shake your head and say that it is a CRAZY thing to do! Why Emily?” I of course played the guilty person to a T and ignored God and ended up wrestling with a sleepless night. The VERY next day at work I wasn’t there two hours before a co-worker walked up to me and asked about being a Christian, I hesitated but then jumped right in and talked for 40 minutes with that person. Later that day at lunch I was sitting there eating when a thought hit me so hard, that it made me sick. How sad was it, that I had to wait until someone came up to me and asked about God, before I would mention Him, and even then after hesitating?!?! The thought made me start crying like bawling my eyes out in the middle of the Subway that I was sitting in, I decided right then and there that I would go home and apply for The World Race. Even though I was *Scared* (because that I found, was what kept me from taking all the other opportunities that God had sent my way), I was going to go for it because if it was what God wanted for me, then He would see me through each step of the way. And He HAS! I applied that very night and got about halfway through the application process before I got hung up on a question, and had to quit for the day. Two days later I got a call from a staff member with World Race named Matt, he said that he noticed that I had started an application and just wanted to encourage me to finish it. God knew that I needed encouragement right then and so He sent it, Matt was able to answer my question and give me a little bit of an
idea of what His World Race had been like. I was So excited that I got my application finished the next day, and then took the next step of setting up a phone interview for a couple of days later. I have to say that I was pretty nervous for the phone interview because:
#1. I just do not have good phone skills, I would rather talk to you face-to-face then have a phone
conversation.
#2. If I stumble around or act silly like I usually do when I’m nervous then they wouldn’t think I was serious
about going on a huge mission’s trip like this.
But God took care of my fears and gave me a really sweet staff member named Darci to have the interview with, and when she started it off with praying for me, Well that just knocked all of my nervousness out of the park. So the interview went really well, and I was told that it would take up to a week or two to hear back on whether I was accepted or not. The NEXT DAY I got a call from a different World Race staff member name Jacob, who told me that I had been accepted!!! I of course gave a little yelp into the phone and did a little
dance around my room! After getting off of the phone I realized “HEY this really must be what God wants for me, I can’t wait to get started”! and I thanked God for what He had already done in my life so far. Since then I have had the ups and downs of realizations like (I won’t be home next year for this birthday or holiday) or (This time next year I’ll be in KENYA)! I am currently getting things up and going like this blog for example, as well as things like applying for a passport, renewing licenses and things, ordering bracelets to sell for a fundraiser, looking at gear, insurance, vaccinations. Then there is the issue of raising my support which in total is $15,500 for the trip, and probably another $1,500 for the expense of gear, insurance, and vaccinations. It is OVERWHELMING at times, but I know that God is in control and that He will provide as long as I have faith and believe in Him!
How can you help me along on the Huge Journey I’m preparing for?
~ PRAYER!!!! I am going to need lots of prayer that I will rely on God to provide and take care of me no matter what! While I’m preparing now in the months before, and then while I am actually out there sharing His love with the World!
~ Financially!!! If you feel God giving you the opportunity to help me out financially on this trip then you can click click on the contact link to your left. Or on the Support Me Tab also on your left which will bring up another window where you can choose how much to give, whether you want to give anonymously or not, and whether you want to support me One-time, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annually.
~ Not Sure? You can even just read my updates on here, by clicking on the link to your left that says Update Alerts. Just type in your email address and you will get an email every time
I post something new on my blog. That way you can see how I’m doing, and hopefully be encouraged by the things I’m learning during my preparations, and then again while on my trip!
