This title sounds crazy, but it’s very true.
Back in March, I heard God tell me to leave DBU. I had no idea what this meant or looked like. Was I going to study abroad? Was I going to transfer to a new school? I honestly didn’t know, the one thing I did know was that it would be overseas. I then remembered that after High School I had considered doing a gap year. I started researching options and found an application with Adventures in Missions that I had started and never finished back in 2015. This application was to Swaziland for 3 months, only one semester. I decided I’d finish the application! I completed it but never submitted it because I found a different trip to India that caught my eye. A trip that I also thought was for 3 months.
I have wanted to go to India since I was 6 years old, maybe even younger, when my Grandmommy told me about her time living life in this wonderful country. She had been here around 7 times and absolutely fell in love with it. Hearing her stories and seeing how she lit up when talking about India gave me the desire to experience it for myself! Then, almost 3 years ago, God put a calling on my life to do ministry in India. For this reason, I knew my gap year needed to include this country.
As I continued to work on both applications, I received an email saying that I could only continue with one, so obviously I chose the route that had India! I exited out of the first application and then submitted the second. The next day I got my follow up call and then the day after that I received a call saying I had been accepted on to route 3 of the World Race Gap Year. When I asked what route 3 meant, not knowing that this was what I had applied to, the person on the other side of the phone said it was the 9 month trip to 5 different countries (the 6th was added later). 9. MONTHS. I had no idea this was what I had signed myself up for, I truly thought it was for only 3 months, but when she asked if I was in for the adventure I immediately said yes! I was surprised but had so much peace, I knew this was exactly what God wanted me to.
That may sound impulsive, maybe a little loco, but I am so happy that I accidentally ended up here. This is what I needed. This is God’s plan for me right now. And here I am, month 3 of the race, writing this in the country my heart has longed to be in for the past 15 years of my life. I couldn’t be happier!
Side note- I promise you I’m not that naive, at the time I was applying I didn’t look into details because I was just too excited for the next chapter of my life! I didn’t care how long I was going, I just cared about spreading the gospel and going to India. Anyways, I will soon write about what my daily life here looks like. Thank you so much for reading!
