What a week. Ya know a couple days of rest and laughter really can refresh your life.
Shoutout to the relationships I made over debrief, they are for sure ones I won’t ever forget. Its the little things that made us bond together. Whether it be dancing on a night market stage, having a world race halloween party, taking hilarious Photo Booth pictures on a Mac for 2 hours, or just walking to a near 7-11. It’s memories like these that are what make this life so fun. It’s obvious that our friendships made on the Race are ones that last for life. They’re encouraging. They’re great. They’re much needed. It’s so sweet that there are 49 awesome people who are experiencing life in the same ways that I am. I am super thankful for the brothers and sisters in Christ that I get to do life with.
The Lord has put things on my heart that I needed to leave behind so that my life can be spirit-led. A life fully devoted to walking and living with the Holy Spirit. It’s been a challenge to really let myself ride in the passenger seat with the Holy Spirit behind the wheel. I really am buckled in tight to the seat. It’s a bumpy, wild ride. I’m learning from every left and right turn. The Holy Spirit is ultimately driving me away from a life of being led by myself to being fully led by the Spirit.
Sometimes I find myself wanting to make U-turns and turn around but I remind myself that I’m not driving and I am in the passenger seat, all in for what is in store for me
In this season of my life, its completely abandoning the comforts of home and having two feet here on the Race. I said yes to an uncomfortable life to find comforts in the Lord. Not to having comforts still back at home. I find myself not being able to grow into the person the Lord is calling me to be while still having one foot back at home. It’s a harsh truth. But its the truth. I prayed the bold prayer for the Lord to break me. To break me so I can learn full dependence on Him. God has really started to answer that prayer, step by step. It’s not going to be an overnight answer but its going to have steps that lead to the dependence that my heart so yearns for.
In the past week I’ve had to cut ties with so much, so much more than I would have ever expected. The Lord is at work through it though. I’m stepping out blindly into this spirit-led life, hoping for the best but not really know what is to come. I know its going to be good. Its going to be so good.
All in all, debrief was much needed. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I am on the World Race because life just seems too good to be true. Debrief was totally one of those times. It was for sure one for the books. We had nights to remember and memories to never stop laughing about.
We have 10 days until Cambodia! Let’s make the most of Thailand and expect the unexpected.
Shoutout to the stoop kids for never leaving the stoop. It’s been real. It’s been fun. It’s been real fun
Life is rad,
vicks
