First off I just have to say that this blogging stuff is extremely difficult and not for me.
“But Bryce, why is it so hard? All you’re doing is talking about your life.”
We’ll let me tell you that I am not one that has a way with my words. It takes me a long time to think of the words I’m going to say and then I get anxiety thinking that people are going to read my blog and then I see the words I wrote and I hate it and then I erase it and start all over like I have already done three times. So just bear with me as I take deep, long breaths and write this blog.
Anyway…
Halloween night 2012 was when I truly started living for The Lord. Myself and a few friends including our bible study leader Natalie were all sitting in her apartment hanging out and talking. My friend Lauren and I started asking Natalie questions about God what it means to live for him. We also had been praying about rededicating our lives to Christ before hand. While we were asking questions Natalie asked both of us if we wanted to get baptized that night and without hesitation Lauren and I said yes. So that night Natalie baptized both Lauren and I and in her apartments swimming pool and that night was when I publicly said,”Yes I am ready to live for The Lord and have Him as my Father.”
That next year during spring break I went to Panama for the first time on a mission trip. It was my first mission trip since I rededicated my life. We were going to be holding eye clinics for people in villages who could not receive medical care, and we were with missionaries from our church. We were the first group ever to go work with them. We had no clue what to expect. So, that was quite intimidating but I was ready to go in and help out with the eye clinics and share Christ with the people of Panama. While on the trip I got to witness healing, a man coming to know Christ while in a coma on his death bed, and hear prophetic telling about myself. Isn’t our God HUGE. He revealed himself to me and showed me a glimpse of how big He truly is.
After the second time I went to panama I couldn’t help but wonder what the path is that God has for me. I felt like I was wasting my life going to school and having no clue what I want to do for a living. One night while me and two close friends were hanging out, I asked them what they saw me doing with my life. They told me about World Race. The next day after looking in to World Race I thought, Yes! This is totally for me, but it said you have to be 21 to go and I won’t be 21 until October of this year. Being only 20 I was disappointed I couldn’t go on any of the coming up trips. I kept on researching and I found trip a for 18-22 years olds. After praying about the trip for a couple of weeks I applied, and two weeks later I got accepted. I was pumped. I was ready to leave in September. I made fundraising letters and I told everyone I came in contact with about it. One day while eating lunch with a friend, I heard a voice in my head say,” Bryce, Is this the trip you are supposed to go on and did you rush into this?” I was confused. Of course I was supposed to go on this trip I’m in the age category. The next day I went to talk to my pastor about fundraising and the next thing I know I’m praying about going on a different trip. I called my World Race mobilizer and talk to her about what’s going on in my life and asking her opinion about switching races. We both agreed that switching races is what I needed to do. So now I am officially going on World Race January 2015 route 2. This is definitely where God wants me to be. I am super stoked and I already love my new and growing World Race family.
That’s my story friends. So now, I’m just waiting and preparing for this trip. I don’t know what is coming in the next few months, but I am excited to see what God has in store. I invite you to join with me in this journey as I prepare and together we will see what happens!
