We were asked to share with you why we’re going on this world missions called the World Race. I’m going around the world in 11 months because…
Imagine this:a little girl tells her mom that she wants to help the poor people in Africa. This same little girl grows up, continually talking about helping the poor people in Africa. She makes plans to start a school, open an orphanage, run a church, staff a medical clinic and feed the whole village (simultaneously of course). Her response to people who talk about how a situation is “like living in a third world country” is “well what about the people who LIVE in a third world country, why aren’t we talking about them?” The semester long research paper she wrote in university was about how we can improve the living situations for women in rural Africa.
What kind of person is this? Who would care so much about the poor? She must be crazy! Yep. That’s me. I’m crazy. I have this overwhelming desire to help the impoverished people of the world. That’s why I am going on the World Race.
As you read previously on my blog, God has asked me to give Him an entire year of my life. While looking for the way that I was to do this, I was reminded about the World Race in an email from Seth Barnes. I had briefly considered this from other emails that had been sent, but I was neither old enough, or finished school. Now the timing is perfect. I am finished school, meet AIMs requirements and have heard God say that this is what He wants me to do.
With the World Race, I get to go to 11 countries and share the Gospel with the many people living there. I want to share the hope of salvation that Jesus has offered to the world. I want to show them that this life is temporary and that Jesus can be their comforter, healer and provider while they are here on Earth. I hope to also meet some of their physical needs while I am there. I want to give of myself, my time and my energy to the people of these nations. I also hope to see miracles. I want to see God moving in many lives, all across the globe. I want to be a part of something much bigger than myself. I want to stop hearing of what God can do, and be a part of it. I want to NEED God. I want to stop being so materialistic. I want to be CHANGED.
Imagine this: a little girl, all grown up now. She is about embark on the biggest adventure of her life. She is abandoning everything she knows to travel the world with a bunch of strangers to share God’s love with the “least of these”. Her desires for helping, and God’s desire for obedience to His calling come together in a crazy pilgrimage called the World Race.
I realize this is a lot to ask from an 11 month whirlwind missions adventure. I don’t expect it to come easily, but I do believe it is possible because “Nothing is impossible with God” Luke 1:37. I trust God will lead me on this pilgrimage. If this seems extreme, or actually impossible to you, I encourage you to follow my journey by reading my blog throughout the upcoming year. Watch as God takes me on this adventure and see what He will do for me, and through me.
If the World Race sounds like something you have been looking for, a way to connect with God while serving His people, I encourage to fill out the Quick App and see where it leads you!
