I’m chilling out here in Rapid City, SD, with 18 days left until launch. 18 days, and I’ll be leaving the country for 11 months. To me the most logical thing would be to cram-pack as much into those 18 days as possible. I’d love to go back to Iowa, hang out with my family, and get some quality visiting time in before taking off. But I’m stuck here in good ‘ol South Dakota, with a few strings that need tied up.
I returned from training camp 2 weeks ago, with a month remaining until launch and 3 clear goals to complete in that month.
-Finish my thesis work
-Finish up packing and prepping for the race
-Make some serious progress in the fundraising department
In the first two weeks I made great progress on my thesis, and actually finished writing it. I got a few more things packed for the race. I talked to the last few people on my list about what I was doing, and how to be a part of it. I was crazy blessed by the amount of financial support I received. I had a great weekend, spent some quality time with friends, woke up Monday morning, and realized I was stuck. Big time.
Because of a pile of weird circumstances, there is currently no date available for me to schedule my thesis defense (the last step required to graduate). I’m very much unsure what’s left to pack/prep for the trip (I must be forgetting something, right?!) And I don’t have any solid ideas on what direction to head next, in the area of fundraising.
This is the part of the story where I tell you the awesome solutions to my 3 fancy little bullet point tasks, right? I wish. Truth is, everything I’ve told you so far is everything I know. I almost never get scared…..really the only thing I’m ever “scared” of is drowning. But with 18 days to go……I might be getting close.
I’m not writing all this to be melodramatic or to try to get ya’all to feel sorry for me. I have no doubt God’s got everything under control and running just as He wants. I’m just being real and letting you know where I’m at.
This song popped in my head yesterday. We serve a great God. There’s tons of verses that speak to that, including Jeremiah 3:27. This song is a great reminder/reassurance of that for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaEEEPU2MgA
Thanks for reading! 18 days until G Squad launches for the World Race!
P.S.
I’m in the process of making a video explaining this great adventure God’s sending me on, and the awesome opportunity to be a part of it by supporting me financially. It will be geared towards people who don’t know me, but do know YOU! It will hopefully be an easy way for you to share my story with folks you think might be interested. So yeah. Coming soon…….
