Welcome to my first real blog. I was called to go on the World race in October of 2016, since then my life has been way different already. Which is kind of funny saying because it’s going to get way different in less than 6 months.
So here is my story over the last couple year in short form. When I graduated high school I decided that I was going to be a mechanic, a diesel mechanic. So I became one and got a good job being a diesel mechanic. I was doing pretty good for myself, but I was told to go, go on the world race. Use my hands and my ability for the growth of God’s kingdom. When I knew I had to go I told my parents, my grandparent, mentors, and friend that I needed and wanted to do this. This was one of the hardest parts of the last year, my friends and family have legitimate concerns for me. It’s not every day that someone decides to just stop, stop living his life one way and going in another direction for at least 11 months. Everyone asks me what I am going to do after the race, or why I even want to get rid of the opportunity I have now. I really can’t answer any of those questions, I can tell you I know what I am doing for the next 5 months and then for the next 11 months after that, and that is being God’s and going where He tells me and being the person He is calling me to be. Others questioned if I will like being a missionary. I have never been an international missionary but I know as a Christian I am called to go, so I go, also I love helping people. With that last question I questioned myself, am I ready? Can I actually do this? I know the people I encounter are different than me right? To be truthful I probably can never be ready, I can’t learn all the languages of the 11 countries I am going to, I can’t be emotionally, physically, mentally prepared for everything that can happen over 11 months. I feel like God already knew I was going to question this about my calling because back in March of 2016 I came across the verse 1 Corinthians 2:3-5:
I was unsure of how to go about this, and felt totally inadequate—I was scared to death, if you want the truth of it—and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God’s Spirit and God’s power did it, which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God’s power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else. (MSG)
Also recently I came across a song that states: “And if Christ doesn’t meet you halfway then what kind of God would He be?” I do encourage you to listen to his song, become- by J. Monty. As I am preparing for this race getting as ready as I can be I am Glad I worship a God that is going before me and and is with me all the way. I’m glad He is with be in the months before, because this has been a strange time in my life. Breaking all of society norms, by giving up the American dream and selling all of my stuff, not to travel but to help and bring hope to the world. Its not normal to give a company a 33 week notice that I am leaving to go be a missionary for 11 months. Yet threw all this strange, weird and not normal time in my life I am at peace with what I have decided to do.
