I am not the kind of person who gets homesick. Honestly my freshman year of college I probably went home three or four times and didn’t call home unless something serious happened. I love my family but I tend to be a fairly independent person. I knew when I signed up for the World Race it would be hard on my sister, parents, and the rest of my family and friends but I never thought it was going to be a sacrifice on my part. The past few weeks several of my friends got engaged or made pregnancy announcements and it finally hit me. I am not going to be here for any of this.
When I realized the birthdays, graduations, and other major events I would be missing I kind of freaked out for a minute. I questioned this decision for the first time. “God why do you want me to do this?” I prayed. The answer I got back was overwhelming comfort about leaving. I might miss alot but I will have opportunities to serve the Lord in new ways. I will touch and be touched by people that I can’t even imagine yet and I will have an entire squad of people going through it with me.
God is really telling me he’s got this. He is preparing everyone on the sQuad for the Race and for doing life with each other. God is shaping our community before we even meet. We will be OK. We are already praying for and encouraging each other regularly. I am so excited to meet them and do life together. I would not trade this opportunity to stay where I am comfortable. I want to do life big and I want to do it with these amazing brothers and sisters God has given me.
As always if you would like to help support me so that I have this amazing opportunity to serve please pray for the finances to come in and/or prayerfully consider giving. My next financial deadline is December 18 and I need about $3500 to meet it. If you have any questions please contact me I love talking about the Race!
