I have been blessed to have so much support so early on and I am so grateful to you all as my friends and family, that you would choose to help me just because you know me and you want to have my back. I have met and exceeded my first financial deadline and that is so exciting, but I have another one coming up and it is bigger and over a shorter timeline than the last. I am going to need more than just the support of my friends and family on this one. I am asking everyone who is reading this to be my cheerleader, get the word out to your friends and coworkers and share my blog on social media. I need your voices to send me. In order for me to leave I must raise another $4,000 by August 18!
Why should you promote my cause over the other hundred causes you are asked to support everyday?
There are so many reasons I could give you. I could tell you that there are children starving with no shoes or books or even family. I could tell you that there are men and women dying from AIDS. I could tell you that there are teenage girls being kidnapped for sex trafficking. I could tell you that there are communities living without access to education or the ability to earn an income. I could tell you that there are sick people in need of healthcare and homeless in need of shelter. All of those things are true, but we have all of that in the U.S. So why do I need to travel all over the world?
Why do I need to leave my comfortable home to live in a tent for a year? Why do I need to leave my easy job to go work in fields and deserts and bars? Why do I need to leave my loving friends and family to travel with strangers?
I have asked myself all of these questions many many many times and there is one answer that continuously comes to mind. The answer is because I am almost 25 years old and up to this point, I have lived a very fortunate life of comfort and privilege. I have never known the meaning of need only want. Whenever I have been hungry I have been able to eat. Whenever I have been cold I have been able to find warmth. Whenever I have struggled with anything I have been given help. I have never needed for anything, yet I have the same problem that most 20 something’s in the Bay Area have, I am restless. I feel anxious all the time. I am addicted to social media because I am looking for something to fill a void. Nothing in my life is good enough. I have been spoiled and I have been living like I deserve everything I have.
I believe that the answer to this condition is to leave and be of service in an environment that is not my own. I need to experience life as lived by the ones we call “less fortunate” and I need to learn from them so that I can bring back a worldview and share it with my friends and family. I am not going on an 11 month vacation to sight see in 11 different countries, I am going on an 11 month journey to get out of my bubble and see God’s creation, to see the needs of His people and to serve His children.
I understand that a lot of you are not religious and are supporting me out of the goodness of your hearts to help me do good deeds in poor countries. If that is you, please know that I will be doing as many good deeds as humanly possible so that you get your money’s worth out of your contribution. You are supporting a good cause, but you are not just paying for a good samaritan’s travels. Your support, whether you believe it or not is going to advance the work of the Holy Spirit and the Kingdom of God here on Earth. You are part of the greater good and divine plan and purpose that God has for me on this trip.
My my hope is that you would consider giving just a little bit beyond your comfort zone in order to help me reach this next financial goal and send me on this journey to spread love and light and to bring some back with me as well. I hope that you will share my story with someone you know after reading this. Thank you for your continued support. I love you all!
If you have any questions about my trip PLEASE don’t hesitate to comment below or send me a message, I would love to talk to you more about it!
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Love and Light.
