I found out about the World Race when I was at a Campus Outreach annual Christmas conference in Chattanooga, TN this past December. I had just come out of the seminar, A Lifestyle of Evangelism, and saw the WRace table. I came up to the table and asked a girl named Elizabeth, whom was a Real Life and World Race alumni, what the World Race is and she replied. I asked a follow-up question of what was the thing that most impacted her about the World Race, she took a second to ponder over the question and tells me that there was so much but what impacted her most were the community with her squad mates and the miracles that she witnessed.
Throughout the entire time I was talking to her about the World Race and her experience, she spoke with a sense of calmness and peace. I would think that if someone had experienced something like the World Race, one would act so vibrant and “jumpy” but when I spoke with Elizabeth, Aubrey and a guy (forgot his name 
) about their adventures they all spoke with peace while excitement and surprise still lingered behind their words and eyes. People that I’ve talked to about their mission trip all seemed to have the same reaction, so there I was thinking I would like to feel what that would be like…to have something very extreme and intense happen to my life and be able to RESPOND WITH PEACE. Usually when an exciting event occurs to your life you either respond with excitement or disappointment, and the thoughts about the event in your mind are not carefully grasped as you’d want to, to have a better understanding of what happened and how one should react based on what you got out of it. I know that God fulfilled their hearts with peace as they walked the steps of Jesus.
I’ve always wanted to do mission work to places that’s completely the opposite of the world I’m living in and be able to come out with such joy, fulfillment and tranquility. I deal with scenarios in my life where when things don’t come out the way I want to, what my parents want to, school, etc…I get upset and think negatively about every movement I’ve done or will do. Where’s the peace in that? Where’s my dependency on God with that? This shows my hunger for Jesus and the dependency on Him and not me, my parents, school, or other things. GOD KNOWS THAT I’M FAMISHED AND I HUNGER FOR JESUS. Interestingly enough, coming out of the Evangelism seminar, which taught us that evangelism begins with an understanding that you have been sent by God (John 1:7); lived merely as a witness (John 1:19-25); motivated by the grace of God (John 1:23,29); dependent upon God’s word (John 1:35-36; John 3:25-26); is accomplished as a community (John 1:36-37); and is lived by repentance (John 3:29-30, and meeting Elizabeth and the other World Race representatives was COMPLETELY a sign from HIM.
So, here I am DRIVEN by the GRACE of God to do his WILL, err in the process of doing his will by praying and raising support 
, and on my own decided to face this "insane" challenge with 59 others.
