“Did you change your mind?” my mom asked eagerly. “Of course not mom, I’m leaving for sure, no questions asked,” I replied.
I had just arrived from my missionary training camp held in Atlanta, and that was the first thing my mom asked me when I walked inside the house.
It still surprises me how baffled people get when they find out I left my teaching job to pursue full-time missionary work. “How do you go from a well-paying career with benefits to one where you need to fundraise?”
Yes, it’s crazy! Yes, I’m crazy! But you know what? I would do it all over again for God!
If I told you how much He has done for me & how undeserving I am of it ALL, we would be here for days!
Not sure if you’re ever been in a place in your life where you had it ALL (degrees, career, boyfriend/husband, house, cars, etc.) and you still weren’t happy. I’m talking real joy and true fulfillment.
Well, that was me! Yes, I had the degrees. Yes, I was in a great profession. Yes, I was living in a great city. Yes, I had the picture perfect life (for social media standards) but there was something missing. I would ask myself each day, “Is this really my life, is this how it’s supposed to feel?”
Yes, you can call it depression or anxiety. Sometimes I called it stress. However, I just knew there was more to my life.
I didn’t know what that was. And to be completely honest, I still don’t know what my PURPOSE in life really is. But I know one thing, I am willing to seek it…again & again until I find it!
To many, my choices seem unorthodox. To my parents, they are definitely crazy. Let’s be honest, if you’ve known me, you know I am very much an eccentric individual, never really caring to conform to ordinary standards of life. So, this choice truly isn’t surprising, to say the least.
With that said, I know I am in the RIGHT place in my life. I know it will not be easy. I know cold bucket showers and sleeping in tents is not an ideal living situation for an entire year, I just know it will ALL be well worth it.
I know this experience will teach me more than I EVER could learn in a lifetime of ordinary living.
God wants to teach me something through this trip, more than likely, A LOT of things. He wants me to serve His children around the world but most importantly He wants to continue molding me into a stronger & beautiful Proverbs 31 woman. The Lord knows I have a long way to go!
That my friends, is worth more than a salary, benefits & pension.
So forget ordinary living, live on the edge, leave it all, & seek your PURPOSE!
This will be my life for the next year. Follow my journey!
Claudia <3
