I titled this blog after my original blog post about being called to the World Race. I posted that blog over a year ago [on a different blog…obviously]. It's strange to think back and see where I was then, where I am now, and know that I have more to grow before I even start traveling on this adventure.
For the sake and curiosity of my readers, my supporters, my friends, squadmates, etc I shall expound upon my call on this trip. In the spring of 2011 I was in my History of Missions class when my professor let the Adventures in Missions people who were visiting our campus come in and talk about the World Race and some of their other mission trips. I was interested in the World Race, but thought to myself I couldn't possibly be called to go on this. It sounds AWESOME, but I have to find a job after I graduate, and that could be especially difficult as a Biblical Studies major. I kept the information for it and checked out the website. I spent a lot of my time that summer reading blogs and such on my downtime. One day while I was praying and skimming over the website God just told me that I was going. I couldn't believe it, but I knew it was true. God gave me 2 years notice that I would be going. That advance notice forced me to change my perspective on how to finish my last two years of college…
"This is me saying I want to go deeper, I know where God is leading me, and I must, therefore, react by pursuing Him more. I can’t take this as, ‘oh sit back, the time of exponential growth is coming.’ Oh no, no, no. This is a time for me to be like, ‘God, You’re leading me there? Okay, lets get to work so it is a continuation of a growth spurt, not the start of one.’
Knowing the direction you are heading for the future doesn’t give you an excuse to not focus on the now, but rather it should give you perspective on how to live in the now."
Fast forward to this past summer [2012]. This is when I received specifics on countries that God set out for me. South Africa and India I knew distinctly. Then I kept getting Thailand and Taiwan mixed up in my head, but both of them are on my route. When the July routes were released I almost started crying when I saw route 2. It was almost too perfect, but then I realize that if God is in control of this, which He most definitely is, then of course it would be perfect.
