I felt God tell me to go on the World Race while I was in Haiti this past January. I was praying in church surrounded by worshipping Haitians and the Holy Spirit when I knew that this is what God had called me into. I said the only thing I could, “Okay, Lord.”
With that okay came a freedom that I hadn’t felt before, I had never heard God speak that clearly to me. But I found myself almost immediately trying to talk myself out of it. I promised God baby steps. I went home and filled out the application. I did the phone interview. I started fundraising. About 20 more baby steps later, here I am, 37 days away from Launch and FULLY FUNDED!
One of the questions in the application asks what your biggest fear or reservation about going on the WR would be, and without hesitating I answered that it was fund raising. $18,100 is a huge price tag. Not only that, but I hate asking for help, especially financial help. But he had brought me that far, and I was going to baby step towards it until God said no. Spoiler alert: He never did.
While I was baby stepping towards the World Race and what God has planned for me, He was rocking out ahead of me, laughing at His cleverness in orchestrating all the things that needed to happen to get me here, right now.
I can’t thank my community enough for supporting me in this mission trip. To my parents, sister, family, friends, boyfriend, coworkers, church family, and siblings in Christ: with your prayers, finances, and interest in learning more about my heart and why God called me into this, I can say that I am ready to share Christ’s love in 11 different countries for 11 months.
