There are so many emotions running through me as I prepare to leave for launch in 6 days. Fear, trepidation, EXCITEMENT, longing, and joy are just a few.
Fear was beginning to overwhelm me a few weeks ago while I was enjoying time with my family in Germany.
I had a fear that something terrible was going to happen to a member of my family. I didn’t know why I was having these thoughts, it scared me and I began to doubt whether I should go on the Race. I realized one day that this was not from the Lord so I prayed fervently for him to give me peace and comfort about the decision I have made in faith. Five minutes later I was on the World Race website looking at blogs and the first one I started to read was one about FEAR. What? Really God? Whoa. I was in shock. My eyes filled with tears as I realized God had placed this woman in my life to write about something that I was struggling with. I immediately commented on it and thanked her, explaining my situation. She emailed me back with comfort, advice, and a prayer. God sure does show up in unexpected ways.
Praise the Lord for the Excitement he has placed in my spirit! There are days that I will be driving down the road and all of a sudden I realize I’m grinning like a complete idiot because I’m thinking about the life I’m going to be living this next year. There is nothing quite like living out the dream God has placed in your heart. I cannot wait to love on the children and to serve each ministry that I am placed in; I am thrilled to live with five other women in close community. There is a longing in my heart to be serving and showing God’s love to those in other countries who do not know Christ and to love on the widows and orphans as God requires in James 1:27, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” I am so thankful that my heavenly Father has given me the opportunity to go into all the world.
