Tears…that is exactly what happens to be rolling down my face as I type out this blog post.
It was a hard message to share with my friends, my World Race family that I have had the pleasure of getting to know for the past 6 months that I will not be launching with them in just 98 days. I have built amazing relationships with all of these truly inspiring and lovely people. Some of them I’ve met in person and others just via texts, emails, face time, or sharing in our GroupMe chat.
Y’all…my heart! Seriously. I never knew you could love strangers so much. It was instantaneous too! They started as complete strangers, and now they are an extension to my family. These are people that I know I can confide in, ask for advice and wise counsel. I ask them to stand in agreement with me on prayers. We share our day to day lives, struggles and victories. We share pictures and memes, wish each other Happy Birthday and literally lift each other up when one of us is having a hard time. They have done life with me for literally half a year and it hurts my heart to not be going on the World Race with this squad! I CRY! (insert dramatic weeping face here)
However, I know this is the right thing for me. I prayed about it and asked the Lord to confirm for me what my next step is and sometimes, it means doing things that are difficult.
So now what? What does this mean for me? Well, I am still going on the World Race, just not leaving in August 2018. My trip is being postponed to January 2019!
All donations that I have received will transfer to my new route. However, the countries I will be traveling to are changing, along with the squad and my fundraising amount!
The new countries I will be traveling to are: Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa, Botswana, Bulgaria, Serbia, Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia! This is the Unscripted Route. The day to day life on this particular mission trip is different from the one I was going to launch with in August. Here is some info, I snagged from the website about this new route:
“Unscripted is a World Race journey with a primary focus of cultivating a lifestyle of listening and responding to the voice of God. As an Unscripted Racer, you will minister to the people God leads you to each day – much like the early disciples did. This journey will teach you to listen for God’s voice each day, to lead you to ministry opportunities. The goal of this experience is to train you to live a mission focused lifestyle that will succeed long after your 11 month journey.”
Sounds exciting right? As sad as I am to be left behind by my current World Race squad, I am super happy and excited for how the Lord will use me on this new route. Particularly excited about those Latin American countries, where I can use my Español! Olé! Ha ha Just felt like throwing that in there…
So this is it, this is my World Race update for today. Heart is broken for all the friends I won’t be able to serve with, however, I am super happy for each of them and how God is going to use them and all their spiritual gifts. Love is sacrifice and it hurts, but I know that if God is calling me to pursue missions in January 2019, then that is exactly where His heart is for me. That is where I am going to be the biggest blessing to others and I want to go where ever He is leading me.
Until next time my friends! Love you all! Dios les bendiga!
