The World Race is a lifestyle. I have said this so many times in the past 11 months. You can choose to live a little more radical than most or you can choose to not..its a choice. Life is full of em. Living on the edge with the things you need and allow God to provide everything, including the things you want and choosing to live with people everywhere is pretty radical. I believe it is a little closer to the way we should be living. Without being tied to things and people but still loving them like crazy.
The World Race is an incredible opportunity! But it is not the thing that changes you, it is only the vehicle to the change. Jesus is what changes you. There is encounter after encounter that you will have with Jesus while being on the race that will rock your world and you will find out who you really are. At first that might be ugly, but then there will be a posture change and you will look more like Jesus. You will be a little softer, more humble, giving, loving, and think a little bit deeper.
I have posted blog after blog and photo after photo. I have shared my experiences of riding elephants, seeing the Himalayas, going on a safari, travelling to three continents, eating incredible food, holding orphans, and loving widows and broken people all over the globe. There are really cool photos of all of those things happening and honestly yea, they were really really cool moments that I will never ever forget them. But they did not make me who I am today. The moments that changed me were the unseen moments. It was when I was distraught for weeks after leaving Africa and cried on the bathroom floor, the team times that turned into late night conversations, the encounters with strangers on the street, and the friendships that were made along the way.
This morning I woke up, rolled over, and started to cry. I haven’t slept in a room by myself in 11 months. I watched my teammates sleep (not in a creepy way, but a heartfelt way) and I was taken back to who I was before the race. The person who didn’t like people and thought the concept of community was unnecessary. Now I can’t bare the thought of leaving constant community. I mean, how do I take what I have learned here and implement them in my life back in America?
I suppose that is a question that God will surely answer in my next season. In less than two weeks I will be home. With my family, sleeping in my bed (alone), eating Mexican food, and sharing all of the incredible things that have happened over the months.
I want to prepare to share these things with you all. So I am looking for you questions about the past 11 months! Leave a question for me below in the comments section so that I can prepare to answer for you. I am really excited to answer any questions that you have about my journey.
My 11 countries were:
India,Nepal, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Latvia, Estonia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
