How I got to the World Race….
About two years ago, I began thinking about what my next steps would be after graduating from college (Which I did graduate this past December 2012 J ), but as I began to check out my options, research medical school, ask advice, and pray about my next steps, I felt as though God was calling me do something different before entering medical school. Each time I prayed about where God would want me to go and what He would have me do I kept receiving pictures in my mind of people from different nations.
After considering this response from God for a while, I heard about a great opportunity in the Peace Corps. I would be among people from different nations, ministering to people’s needs, while all the while having my financial needs met by the government. This sounded like a pretty sweet deal to me, so I pursued it. I read a book and several articles on the Peace Corps, talked to a recruiter, spread the word to friends about my tentative plans and kept moving forward with the process. As I prayed about participating in the Peace Corps and asked the Lord if this was where he wanted me, I kept getting the same response: visions of people from among different nations.
My parents, as faithful Christians also decided to pray about where God would have me go, and after some time my mother told me that she had an uneasy feeling about the Peace Corps. This was a big deal to me since I had been asking God to give my parents peace if this was where I should be heading. Despite my mothers’ uneasiness, which could have been typical motherly concern, I went forward with the application process.
The day came for me to fill out my Peace Corps application. I sat down at the computer and as soon as I began to write the first words in the application I felt a sinking feeling in my gut. Suddenly the Peace Corps did not seem like the right option. I knew that the Holy Spirit was urging me not to do this. So I immediately closed the computer screen, left the room and went on with my day.
“What am I supposed to do now God?!!!!?”
The answer from the Lord, “You are supposed to honor Me. You are supposed to see Me as your purpose. Your whole life is to know Me, love Me, honor Me, and share Me. Be a light to people Michelle. Do not worry about what you will do. Being a Doctor is not your ultimate goal. Your ultimate goal is to know Me.”
…Peace.
Three days later a friend spoke to me about a great opportunity she had in a program called the World Race. It is with a Christian Organization dedicated to sharing the light of the gospel with people throughout the world.
AWESOME!!!!!
I took the same care to look in to this opportunity. I prayed, sought advice, read articles, and asked my friend many things about her own experience. With the same vision in my mind of people from many nations, and the knowledge that God was calling me to do something different before Medical school, I began to pursue the World Race.
With the peace of my parents, one application, one interview and one acceptance later I am now on my way to participating in an incredible journey with God, His church, and people of many different nations. We will be speaking of God’s glory, sharing His truth and witnessing His love. I am so excited that the Lord has privileged me to be part of His kingdom like this, and I look forward to seeing all of the lives that are changed because of this journey. I look forward to knowing my God in a new and deeper way!
World Race Here I Come!
John 10:27
"My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me."
