Not sure what to say this time. I want you to know what I’ve been doing and how God is teaching me. I want to give you a picture of what the race looks like for me. It’s been easy for me to tell you about the highlights and the adventures, but it’s actually the day to day things I do over and over that make a difference in me. I never expected to come home the same person I was when I left. If I did come back the same I think it would be disappointing for you and me.
But I don’t think that’s a danger because I do think I’m changing. It’s as slow and sure as the growth of a tree, but it is just as undeniable. I can’t put a name on what has changed, but I get glimpses of something new.
It’s in the way I see things or people.
It’s in the way I go to AWANA with the kids with a smile on my face even though I feel exhausted and I have a headache.
It’s in the way God speaks to me even more clearly than ever before.
It’s in the way I talk to Him.
It’s in the way I’m learning to find a deeper trust in God and the peace that passes even my own understanding.
So even though I still feel like me, I’m realizing that only four months into the race, I’m not the me I once was.
God is doing a work in me through the daily things like reading to the kids, playing outside with them, or just talking to them one on one.
He’s showing me new things through Bible verses I know by heart but never understood.
He’s teaching me about myself through the people around me and my friendships with my teammates.
And He is loving me through the symphony of stars at night and the mountains that stand proud on the horizon every day.
And through this I know that God is good: He loves me where I’m at, but He loves me enough to not leave me there.
Support Update
I have had $12,842.70 given to me so I only need $1,957.30 to reach the fully funded mark of $14,800!
I am in the homestretch now, and if you would like to help me reach the finish line, just click on Support Me on your left.
Thank you so much to everyone who’s helped me get this far!
