Hey y’all! My name is Amber Powell and I am currently a Freshman at the University of Louisville in Kentucky!
I thought it would be best if I shared a little bit of my heart with you all so you can get to know me better:
In 2012, my mom and sister went on their first mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I was absolutely so furious with them, I thought it was so silly and so dangerous. But little did I know that the Lord had much bigger plans than my little mind could comprehend.
When my mom and sister returned, they showed me pictures, told me stories, and let me watch videos.
Lets just say my heart was shattered. I cried myself to sleep the night they got back home, all I knew to do was to cry out to God to help me get there to help those people.
Well, the rest was history. I went to Ethiopia the summer of 2014 and absolutely fell in love. I truly left a piece of me in that beautiful country, and I have since been back five times.
On my mission trip to ET back in January of 2016, I felt the Lord strongly place long term missions on my heart. I continued to live out my faith in my everyday life and serve in any way I could, but my heart still longed for more.
As I prayed and prayed, I felt this call to go somewhere for a year. I didn’t know where, I didn’t know when, I didn’t know how… I just simply knew I heard the voice of God and I was to follow.
I continued to plan on my own for a year long mission trip and nothing that I planned worked out, everything fell through, every time.
So I quit my search and placed my call back in the palms of my Father and just prayed that He would take over because clearly somewhere I was going wrong.
Eventually, He revealed the World Race to me.
It blows my mind to look back on all the things the Lord has done for me over the last few years in preparation of the race. I didn’t know it then, but He was moving on my behalf and aligning things far before I could see His plans pan out.
But here I am, a future World Racer, writing blogs and preparing for my travels. It is so crazy to me that this is all happening so soon but I am so very thankful for the Lords faithfulness.
Thank you, Lord, for never leaving my side even when I feel so alone, thank you for guiding me and leading me exactly where you wanted me and never leaving to fight my own battles.
All my life is to praise and glorify your name.
HOW YOU CAN BE PRAYING FOR ME:
-Pray that all fear would cease and only truth remain
-Pray for absolute safety for my journey and my family/friends back home
-Pray for peace about not being home for Holidays
-Pray for trust in His mighty name above all else, even when I can’t see what’s in front of me.
Thank you all for reading my blogs so far, and I pray you continue to follow me in this emotion filled journey.
I love you all with my whole heart.
xoxo, your future racer, Amber
