It is crazy for me to think that I am over half way done with the race! Doing the world race has been a dream of mine for almost 4 years and on top of that I have known I wanted to be on the mission field since I was a child! I am finally living out the biggest dream I have had and it is more than I could have asked for!
This is my life! WOW…I can’t believe it at times that I have to pinch myself. Going into this year I was expecting Papa to grow my relationship with Him and shape me more into the woman He wants me to be!
He has been blowing my mind. I am so thankful to be here and experiencing everything that I am. So thank you for getting me here! Jesus is using everything as well as everyone I am coming in contact with to mold me and shape me. This experience is not just a mission trip for one year to me it is so much more! It is a year of my life I get to serve my Papa with everything that I have, see His beautiful creation and meet the people who He wants me to!
I was talking to a squad mate of mine and we were talking about how sometimes we get home sick because we know we are “missing” out on all the things going on back home. But really, I would “miss” things that go on at home whether I left 6 months ago or two years from now.
The lovely thing is we are not really “missing” anything! We have so many ways to see and hear from each other now that it is insane! Facebook, Instagram, this blog, skype, texting, and everything in between. I can see everything you are all doing and vice versa. Just because we are not together physically doesn’t mean we can’t experience life together; life goes on whether or not I am at home!
Life doesn’t just stop because we are going to miss things, but life keeps going! I wouldn’t trade the last 6 months of being on the race and all the ministry I have been able to be apart of for anything! Now I am not saying by any means that this past 6 months have been easy because that is not true. These past months have been some of the hardest, most stretching months of my life; but on the other hand seriously the BEST too! I wouldn’t have grown in the ways I have if I didn’t go through these last couple months.
When I signed up for the race I was scared and leaving “my life” for a whole year. I didn’t think I could live with “missing” out on a year of my family’s, or friend’s lives. But really I wasn’t leaving my “life” I was continuing my life where and when Papa asked me to go! Man this has been so worth it! I am truly not missing anything. I talk to my people when I can and I see all they are doing on social media! I even got to video call into one of my friends weddings! Technology these day Man..haha!
If Papa is calling you to leave your “life” and pursue Him with everything, DO IT!
It may be scary, you may think I am not ready, I don’t know if I am strong enough; It says in Jeremiah 1:19 They will fight you, but they will fail. FOR I AM WITH YOU AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN! When Papa speaks it comes to fruition! I PROMISE YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!
PURSUE PAPA AND HE WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I have grown, changed, and learned so much I am “same same but different” from the Jenny Kordelski that left 6 months ago and I am so happy about it!
If the only thing that is stopping you from saying “yes” to Papa is that you are afraid of “missing out”. Be honest with yourself are you really or are you just afraid to step into what God is calling you to do because you know it will be hard and you will grow?
Step into Papa’s Yes!
He is beyond worth it, and SO ARE YOU!
<3 Jenny Marie
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