Hey All,
This is officially my first blog post. Not just for the World Race, but ever. It is just not something that ever appealed to me. I have a very specific comfort zone, and this is not part of it. The idea of putting my thoughts out there for everyone to read makes me very uneasy.
A little about me before I go too much further. My name is James. I am very happily married to my beautiful and exciting wife Kristin, who has already written a couple of posts for our blog. I enjoy playing guitar, playing games with friends, and work (weird, I know). My work is actually a lot of fun. I’m a mechanical engineer for a company that makes skid steer loaders. My title is test engineer. I play with skid loaders and get paid to try and break them. So, yea, I like my work. My profession suits my personality well, as I am introverted. Hence not feeling the urge to blog. To those I’ve just met, I am quiet and polite, but generally respond with short answers. That is my comfort zone. Don’t get me wrong, once I get to know you I open up. I’m funny and loving and have a heart for the church. Thankfully I have my wife Kristin to help me escape my comfort zone.
But I don’t believe I am called to hide in my comfort zone forever. Never in my life did I believe I could do something like the World Race, but the more I learned about it and talked about it with Kristin, the more it seemed right. I don’t ever recall reading that Christian life will be comfortable all the time. Or that I don’t need to really reach out to that many people. I believe that on this trip, God can use my strengths and help me find new strengths in my weakness. We all have it in us to go out and proclaim the gospel, even if the task seems daunting.
Our God is bigger than my comfort zone.
