I cannot explain to you how excited I am to start this journey with God. Well, I should say to continue this journey with God. For years, I’ve had my ups and downs. I’ve been the best Christian I could be. I’ve been pretty close to the worst Christian I can be. I’ve listened to God, but only as much as I wanted to. And then there were times that I totally ignored Him.
Six months ago, I came to a crossroads. I could listen. I could agree to leave my world, my family, my friends, my jobs, all of it. And I could embark on a journey with God around His world. Or I could just stay home. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with home. It’s mine, it”s good. He gave it to me, so He must’ve wanted me to have it. Why should I leave it all for a year to spread God’s love?
So that was the choice, in a nutshell: my world or His world.
From head to toe, I wanted my world. I’m mostly happy. I’m generally safe. I have everything I really need. Hot food, clean water and a warm bed. All things I wouldn’t have if I chose His world.
But there was a piece of me, a very small piece of me, that knew I couldn’t chose my world. That after years of putting this off, I had to chose His. He was calling me. And when He actually called me, I was not happy.
I tried to talk myself out of going a million times. I came up with every reason under the sun. But for every reason I came up with not to go, someone I love (and who loves me) came up with a better reason for me to go. Each of them said something different, in his or her own special way, but it all came down to this: God is calling you, and you promised Him this. You can’t back out.
So I slowly came around. Piece by piece. And now, I’m just a few weeks away from launch. I leave DC on September 6th, and if all goes as planned, I won’t be back until, well, today-ish of next year. Wow, I didn’t realize that until I just wrote it. Gonna let that sink in for a second.
Anyhoo…
I’m also a few weeks less away from a pretty BIG deadline.
I need to have $7,500 to launch. And I need it by August 19th. That gives me about 19 days. We’ve raised about $1,000 in the last week or so, thanks to SO many of you. I am humbled by your generosity, and God’s ability to work through you.
To those of you who have donated, THANK YOU. And all I ask from you now is to keep me in your prayers as I continue this journey.
To those of you who have been thinking about donating, I hope you do. This is an opportunity that won’t just touch my life. It will touch yours. And people all around the world. We’re in this together and I’m taking a piece of each of you with me. I’d love the chance to talk to you more, so you can ask me any questions you have or share your hopes and dreams with me.
To those of you who simply can’t donate, your love and prayers are just as important. If you can take a few moments to lift me up, to give me your blessings, and to ask God for His guidance and wisdom as I head forward in this process, you’ll be changing my life.
And to everyone, if you could click and share this, it would be a huge help. Getting the message out is half the battle.
God bless and talk soon.
XOXO
