We’re officially done with our first country on the race! We spent three months living in Guatemala and we’re currently on our 4 day travel day to Thailand! It was such a blessing to be able to live and serve the people of Guatemala. I learned so much about jesus and experienced him in so many new ways in the past 3 months. As hard as it is sometimes, it really is worth it every time when Jesus asks you to leave something you love. He only has greater things waiting ahead.
I’ve been thinking about Guatemala and what I learned there, but one thing really stood out to me. This life we’re living isnt just for the world race or any mission trip. It’s become a lifestyle. I’ve realized that going on the world race isn’t a mission trip. It’s teaching me how to live my life. How I should be living when I go back home in June and what it looks like to be a disciple in the world today in whatever I do next. It’s not about how I want to live anymore. It’s not even about the things I enjoy doing. It’s about every single day choosing to say yes to jesus and being jesus to everyone I see and everywhere I go. It’s about fighting for other people when I don’t even know them or their stories. Choosing to do the hard things when I’d rather just lay in my bed doing nothing. It’s about giving up every single thing that is mine and trusting that the Lord has something even greater.
This life isn’t about me. It never was and never will be. I will give everything I have if it means I get a life with Jesus and get to show it to others. Three months ago I didn’t want to leave my home, my family, friends, and all the comfort that comes with that. But I would do again and again without question because Jesus has promised me greater things. And I have seen his promise so many times in just the last three months. Seeing others come to Jesus for the first time, seeing a woman see that couldn’t before, watching a group of women discovering what it means to find identity in Christ, and just sitting with people in what they’re going through, good or bad, and so much more. That’s what it’s all about.
I still have so much to learn, and I’ll be learning for my whole life. But I’m so excited for another six months of saying yes to Jesus and walking that out everyday. And then everyday after the race. It’s still life and it’s not always easy, sometimes it’s the hardest thing to do, but because I’ve seen the fruit of it and know what the Lord can do with a yes, it’s so so worth it. Every. Single. Time.
SEE YA SOON THAILAND!!
Please be praying my my squad and I as we fly to ASIA today!!
