My dreams…..what are they? Right now my thoughts pertain to, what are my dreams after the Race is done? I have had many dreams in the past that I have decided to shut down because of the “I can’t” going through my mind. For example the Race. I had a dream of going on a missions trip about a year ago today. While sitting in a coffee shop with my coach and mentor, we came to realize more of this dream. He challenged me to commit to going on a missions trip one year from that day. I said alright I will do this. When I say something to someone I am one to follow through. So sure enough after much planning and seeing what doors would open, I am already 7 months into the race. A year ago I would have laughed and said I could never do something like this. One person pushed me to pursue my dreams and here I am.
So where am I going with this you may ask? Well….I now have many dreams and ideas for what I want to do with my life after the race is over. Which by the way isn’t that far away. So one night while sitting and chatting as a group I came to realize I have to start small and go big. God will get me there. I have now dreamed of working with women and possibly pregnant teen women. I first thought maybe working in Ecuador with an organization. That thought is still processing in my head. Then with the help of friends came to realize I am most comfortable with English speaking people. I tend to withdraw and shy away when I don’t know the language. When I am around English speakers I start to come out of my shell and be more engaged.
So to go even bigger I have come to realize I would love to work with women and speak to them about beauty. I would love to be in workshops and talking about beauty as a woman and what that means. I have struggled with this many times in my life up to the present. Now I realize that God has put that on my heart through out the Race for a reason. I would love to encourage and speak beauty into women around the world.
I was pushed beyond my comfort zone this week while evangelizing. Instead of sitting back and watching, the man Roger I was with gave me the floor and sat back while I spoke encouragment and life to people in the community. Of all people we spoke to, it was alot of women. I started to speak beauty and God’s love over them. I was able to share my journey and struggles with them. I read some of the Psalms. In return God spoke to me about so many things I had been confirming. I was so encouraged with this!!! I can do this I thought to myself.
