Can this be real life? Is this actually happening to ME? Am I really going to abandon everything I know and go on an 11 month journey around the world to show others the love of Christ? And in doing so, allow Him to reveal Himself to me on a deeper level than I have ever experienced? In short, the answer is yes. Our God is big and my life is a testimony that He can and WILL take someone out of so much darkness, and call them to things beyond their wildest imagination. He can take the ugliest circumstances and refine them into a light that will bring others to Him.
Those are the thoughts that have been running through my head as I have been praying about this journey. I knew before my pastor gave me the green light and before I was even officially accepted, that the Lord had prepared this season of my life for the World Race. Honestly, He has been preparing me for this for the past year and a half.
When the Holy Spirit walks into your room one day during your quiet time and says "My son, I love you and this is what I have for you next", what can a person do but obey?
So here I am, I am actually doing this. Me. It still amazes me to think about it. This is going to be an amazing journey of faith and desperation for Gods presence in my life. I want so much more of Him that I am willing to leave my family, my friends, my amazing spiritual family and my dogs ( whom I literally love like children ) so that I might know Him more. I'm willing to leave it all behind and dive headfirst into a lifestyle that is going to make me radically dependent on His presence. Everyday. Yes I know that I am going to share the love of God to many people along this journey, but at my core, I want to get closer to Him than ever before.
My whole life has been leading up to this.
