Ok.
For this blog I'm literally just going to ramble and be transparent and honest about what all is in my head right now. . .
It's a lot. . .
LIFE
Ok for starters. School. Oh my gosh. I really can not even put into words how ready I am to be done with college.
I have loved my time here. I've made the greatest friends I could ever ask for. Lord knows, if I hadn't been here I might not have heard about the World Race and may not have even written this blog! I'm so thankful!
. . . That being said. . .If any one knows me, they know I can not sit still. I love to move. I love change. I can't stay in the same place for too long. And I'm done. I have one month left of school and I could not be MORE ready!!!
But it is dragging on. I know this is going to be the slowest month of my life. It's been a busy Senior year, but as far as school work load goes, it's been harder.
Honestly 3 of the classes I'm in are just filler classes. I don't need them for anything other than hours to graduate. So it's been REALLY hard to give 100% the entire semester. Needless to say, I am just drained on school and I feel horrible about that. I mean so many people in this world don't get the chance to get a college degree at all!! So I feel like a bad person for being so ready to get out and be done.
I'm majoring in Exercise Sports Science and it's cool and all…but….I came out less interested in it than I was when I came in. . . I told you I was going to be honest. Is that sad? It probably is. But it's true.
But God is so good. He has opened so many doors that lead to other doors and so and so on. . .I'm slowly but surely finding my way into finding out where I THINK I might land as far as my career goes.
Recently I've been interning with an organization called Playworks and I LOVE IT. It is perfect for me and everything about what they do is awesome. EVERY school in America needs Playworks!! But while working at the elementary school I'm at now, I met a man who works at the school and his job title is "Positive Behavior Coach". To put it in simple terms, this guy gets to hang out with bad kids all day helping them and teaching them how to behave and just spending time listening to them and being a role model. A lot of times when kids act out. . .it's because of outside issues. And they need someone to just SIT and LISTEN for once and then coach them on how to properly handle the situation. And this is Soooooooooo up my alley. I love kids. And for some reason I have always been drawn to the ones that cause trouble. Encouragement is my spiritual gift. So I'm currently looking into something like this/camo directing/Playworks. . .who knows? I have time. I just feel bad it's not technically ESS and. . .that's the degree I have. . .
THE RACE
OHHHH boy I can't wait. Of course I think about it every single day.
I feel kind of behind as far as gear goes. I really don't have anything but a tent. There is a garage sale at REI this saturday so I'm going and hope to find what I need. My older brother and his wife have also pledged that's their contribution to my trip will be to buy me 5 things of my list and then give it al to me for graduation! Which is awesome! But I really need to start getting stuff together.
Finding out that I HAVE to start paying off student loans is August really put a damper on my parade. . .
I was feeling SO good about the funds I'd raised so far and I couldn't beleive it! But then excitement dwindled when I got that news.
I KNOW God will provide. In our weakest moments is when he can show MORE of his power!! So I trust him, but it is sucky. It's definitely a set back.
And I still have some letters to send out. I'm having a yard sale in June and I have a TON of stuff to get rid of.
So I see opportunities for money to come in, but when I think about $15,000 I just KNOW that it will be a miracle of God to get all of that. I'm going to try my hardest and I'm going to reach out as much as possible and take every chance I get.
I just know how much I want to do this. It's exactly what I've been searchin for, and in my time with the Lord I just really feel a press on my heart that this is right. And So ultimately if it is God's will and I remain obedient it will work out exactly how it's supposed to.
I'm so excited to get to training camp and meet my AWESOME S Squad and get ready to go 🙂
I'm just ready for the Race to be my sole focus. I'm ready for my head to be cleared. There's just so much going on right now
But I'm praying that I get the funds that I need to at least launch in July! I'm so thankful for those who are praying and supporting me already! This really is so much more than just me. I'm only a small part of this whole process!
