Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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In the last month of the Race, my team and I spent
our time in University Classrooms, often getting
asked questions about our World Race experience.

Multiple times, my teammates would be answering a question                             

 about the year and
begin it by saying:
 
 
“Ya
Know, It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity……..”
 
 
 
 
And then their voice would trail
off as they looked over at me and

they would say:
 

” Well I guess, Nate
did it twice.”

 

I don’t say this with PRIDE but instead IMMENSE GRATEFULLNESS.
 

Most Racers thought I was a little crazy for
doing it twice

Maybe
I am- But I am also Very Gratefull!!!!!!!!!!

This adventure started out

 with a

word                                                        

from

God,
 
 
 

                “Is it about the Kingdom?

 Or is it about you?

                                                                                      
Go my Beloved“

 

I wrote in my support letter:
 

“Am I scared? You bet I am but
excited at the same time. I have the feelings someone only has when they are
overwhelmed by what lies ahead of them but know they are doing what God wants. “

 

I was crying out
for:

                                                                                         
A deeper rooting in Love and Service.

Humility.

                                    Stronger Character.

                                                             
                                                                    A
David Heart.

I got all
that I was looking for
and more.

I was blessed to see God moving
in

Profound Ways in countries
around the world.
 

                                                                                    
My heart was deeply touched
by my relationships in the                      Philippines with the staff and former street boys
of the Children’s Garden.

 
 
 
 
And the outreach in the local dump where I first felt a
touch

of God’s heart and love for a mute boy named Kenneth.                     

 
 
 
 
 
 In Kenya, I was able to spend time with a man that prays from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. every day.
 

See a baby healed of malaria.
Pay the hospital bill for a Mother of a child with burn wounds.

And personally be involved in 2 men accepting Christ into
their hearts!             

 
 
 
 
 
In Tanzania God promised to take care of a boy with Cleft Palate named Barack. And
two
Months later – Barack received a free surgery.
 
 
 
                          
 I was able to hold orphans.

                                             Disciple young men.

                                                                                 
Preach God’s word.

                                                            
                                                        Do construction.

 
And be used by God in a plethora of other ways – All while walking
into
 
Immense                                          
                                                                                                                             Inner  
                                                    
                                                          Transformation.
 
 
I wrote in my last World Race summary that: Words Fall Short.
The truth is: They
Still Do.
 

I do have some singular words to help describe my year
but in reality

they all fit under this umbrella core
lesson:
 

God
is More Committed to The True Desires

Of
My Heart Then I Am.

 

He brought me intense HEALING by walking me back
into the same type of community
where I was wounded before.

 
I had an attachment to TITLES and He stripped me
of that by taking them away and challenging me to serve where I was at.
 
 
For 6 years I had been walking around with the lie that I
don’t Love and Serve people. He gave me a Revelation that brought massive FREEDOM to
my life.
 

All year He pounded me with the words EMBRACE. ENGAGE. ENJOY. Making sure I would get
everything out of the year I was desiring and not give into my lazy flesh.

RESTORATION
from many of my wounds
from the past.
 
 
I have walked deeper into HUMILITY.
 
 
I am Less
Pressured. More Confident. I have less desire to Perform. I Love better.
 
Serve
better. Feel more at home in my own skin. In a word, I am more
 
CENTERED.
 
 
I have a clearer vision of the future. (More on
that in later blogs)
 
 
Every
word I just gave you relates to that Core Lesson.
 
 

Because all of them relate to deep prayers I have prayed and

things I have asked God for.
 

And during the
answering of each – I questioned,
wrestled and sometimes
even

got Angry
with God for what He was doing in my life and how He was doing it.
 
 
And every time looking back,
including how He told me To go on
this Race.
 
I can see:
 

That
He stayed more committed to the

True
Desires of my Heart then I did.
 
 

Even just
for that lesson.

              I will forever
be grateful for my

                                                         
2nd World
Race experience.