Hey all,
There have been some big changes to my mission trip recently but God has been so faithful to me throughout it.
Early on in March I was notified by my World Race mobilizer that the trip I have signed up for and planned on taking was having to be cancelled due to low numbers of applications. This was a first for the WR organization and we were both left at a crossroads of where to go next.
I was given basically two options, the opportunity to walk away from the program entirely or to go on one of the other WR routes launching either this summer or fall. This news hit me like a ton of bricks, it felt like even though I had been relying on God’s word through the bible and my prayers that somehow I had missed his message to me. Was I not supposed to take this trip? Was I supposed to go somewhere else? Was I supposed to stay in Austin or start applying for grad schools earlier than I had anticipated? There were so many questions running around in my mind but I couldn’t shake the feeling that God is calling me abroad and that he has been preparing my heart and my mind for this trip over the past few months. After much consideration, question-asking and praying, I decided that I would continue on with the World Race on an alternative route.
My new route will take me through 11 countries and four continents. I will be starting in Chile and then traveling to Bolivia, Paraguay/Argentina, Cambodia, Thailand, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda. I am still getting used to the change but am incredibly excited to see a gift that God has presented me that I wouldn’t have chosen for myself. I’m going to get to see the country that many of my ancestors are from, as well as places I would never have traveled on my own.
I am headed off to training camp in late August and will be officially launching on either October 6th or 7th (!!!!). I can’t believe it’s already April and that the trip is only six months out! So many thanks to those who have been praying for me as well as donating to the trip, I have been so overwhelmed by love and support I continue to receive from y’all.
Katie
