Yesterday we received an email that our route had been switched and for security reasons we would no longer be going to Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda but instead we would be starting our race in South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique. When I first read this email I was really upset. I had been dreaming of Kenya since I was little. I thought how could this happen? I mean I read the part about security reasons but who cares right? I want to go to Kenya. Then I remembered something I wrote only just a few days ago “I was going on this race not for me but to serve God.” It the moments after I read the email I only thought of what this meant for me. I choose to go on the race to follow what God wanted me to do. At training camp they talked a lot about letting go of expectations so I guess now is a really good time to start! So although I am grieving the loss of Kenya and the other two countries I am getting excited about South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique. In my heart I know some day I will go to Kenya but that day in not now and instead God is going to do some pretty amazing things in these new countries!
In exactly a month I will be flying out of Atlanta to South Africa! My squad, team and I need a lot of prayer in these upcoming weeks to prepare for our great adventure! Please keep X squad, team Xuberant Joy, and me in your prayers!
