When I first applied to the World Race I honestly didn’t really didn’t think that I would get accepted. I applied kind of with an excitement that I didn’t know how to explain, but again I didn’t really think that it would become a reality. After I but the submit button and realized that I couldn’t change any of the answers on the application, I thought…. Ohhh man what have I done??!!! I’m i the right person for this huge challenge? Can God use someone like me??? Can I really do this? Serve God all over the world? Live out of a back pack for 11 months??? Me??!! How??!! All these thoughts came running in my head and I didn’t know what else to Think. So what I did is started to pray about it, asking God to give me His peace if it was His will. And also as I prayed I asked God to give me His joy and spirit of sound mind to keep these things to myself, since I have a tendency of getting excited about things and I usually blab things off to everyone I know!! And than…. Things usually do not come through!! So I didn’t want it to be that way too!! I told God…. Lord if this is Your will You will give me the peace to know when to talk about this amazing World Race, let me know when is the right time to share it! And about a couple of weeks after I applied I told my mom and my dad, send surprisingly their reaction to the idea of me being gone for 11 months to serve God in various places if the world didn’t seem crazy to them!!! And they were actually really supportive about it!!! Which is something that I had feared and it was also like a sign from God as far as giving go them peace! And this to me was amazing! So… We continued to keep the world race application in God’s hands, and now with prayers from my parents. About a month into my application I decided to tell my sisters , brother-in-law, and some close friends. And again, they were all surprisingly supportive about it!! At this point of time I had no answers in regards to my application. But we all kept on praying for my application. Asking God to answer according to His will and not mine. There were so many things to consider if I did go into the world race; like my job, what would I do about it? My finances, my personal goals, my car, leaving my family for 11 months. And to all of my questions God gave me peace and told me that everything was in His hands!! He told mr that He is the one in control of my life and that He would take care of my every need. And thank God I had peace in my heart! Peace to know that all of my needs would be covered.
With my family and I we continued to pray about it, asking God to answer my prayer according to His will and not mine. Of course I wanted to go and that’s what I prayed for, but I told God that if He didn’t want me to go to the world race to also give me His peace.
The interview process for the world race was tough. I never thought that I had to become so vulnerable and open to people that i had never met. Telling them my whole life story. Letting them know my challenges, my weaknesses, my previous mistakes in life, all about my family, my spiritual life, and of course all the good in me. like I said…. Opening up completely! Once each interview would finish I would put it in God’s hands, asking Him to let it be His will and for the people who were interviewing me, for God to give me His grace.
One day my mom and I were having a mother daughter lunch date in Half Moon Bay, CA and we happen to be talking about the world race. Thinking if I do go I would be going to different countries showing God’s love to many people and we were talking hypothetically. And right after we finished lunch I got a call from one of the representatives from the world race telling me that i had been accepted!!!!! And my mom and I didn’t know what to say or think since we had tons of emotions running through our minds!!! Of course I was soooooo excited!!!
Now that I am officially part of the WR 2015, now I see reality kicking in! How much money I have to fund raise, how I have to prepare spiritually, mentally and even physically. As I’m starting this new journey of my life I see how challenging it can be…. Specially with the fund raising part!!! How hard and humbling it is to ask people to support. But what I’m asking God is for Him to give me His grace and love and for people to see my heart and how much I want to serve God through this ministry and I just trust in God that He will provide!!! After all…. With God all things are possible!!!!!
I thank you for taking the time to read this and for your spiritual and financial support for those of you who can!! And please know that I love you all and I’ll be updating my blog as the time goes so you too can walk on this amazing journey right next to me!!!
God bless!!!
