A year ago, everything was different.
I was living at home. I had a part-time job. My best friends could still be considered newly-weds, and they weren’t planning on having children for a while.
A year ago, I had no idea what I was getting into. I hadn’t met any of the amazing people I know now. I had just started to dive into fundraising.
Today?
Today, I’m staying in a hostel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, I’ll be here for a couple of days, so I guess that counts as where I’m “living”.
I don’t have a job.
My best friends have a son who’s almost 2 months old.
I’m about to start Month 8 of the World Race.
I’ve been sitting here looking through pictures from the last 7 months, talking to my friend back home about how her baby farted in church, joking with her husband about things I haven’t talked about in months. Suddenly, it hit me, just how extraordinary my life is.
In the past 7 months, my life has changed so much. Back at home, my best friends are raising a baby, my family members are learning more and more about Jesus. (They’re going to church more often…and enjoying it!)
Meanwhile, I’ve been in, roughly, 15 different countries. I’ve met countless people, and made a ton of friends. I’ve flown around Mount Everest. I’ve cuddled with Tigers and ridden an elephant. I’ve grown more than I even realize yet. And I can’t even begin to grasp the difference I’m making in people’s lives. (I feel like that sound’s arrogant, but God has been teaching me to give myself more credit.) I’m learning so much about the person that God created me to be and the plans He has for my life. And, like I said in my last blog, I’m so excited to see what this next year brings!
But I need to finish the Race first.
I’m still a little over $1800 away from being Fully Funded. I know that this is where God wants me to be right now. I firmly believe that He wouldn’t have let me get this far on the Race if I wasn’t supposed to finish it. I’m in the home stretch, with only 4 months left, but I can’t make it without your help. I hate this part of the job, but I just know that God will provide. So I’m asking you (hopefully for the last time), to prayerfully consider donating. If you feel God leading you to do so, then there are links at both the top and the left-hand side of this page. I understand that you may not be financially able, but I still ask that you be in prayer.
Thank you. Whoever you are, thank you for reading my blogs, for praying for me, for doing everything that you can. Thank you for being a part of my life.
This rough, dirty, hard, wonderful, tear-filled, amazing, extraordinary life.
God bless you.
