This final month is different than all the rest. For this month, we set aside the structured teams and most of our usual structure in general, to do something called Ask the Lord. Before our month started, we were prompted to pray about what people group or population we wanted to work with specifically for our final month.
Surprisingly, while I was praying, the Lord made it pretty clear that He wanted me to minister to the backpackers. Truthfully, this freaked me out, this type of ministry is often more expensive because we stay at popular hostels and move more often. Money has never been something I’ve had in abundance, especially on the Race. And quite honestly, I’ve felt limited by money A LOT.
But, classic God, showing me sneak peeks of all this month was going to be for me. He wanted me to experience freedom and have fun, and that’s exactly what this month was meant to be.
We are always prepared for the moment we’re living in and every moment is preparing us for the next.
A lot of what I did as logistics, (read my last blog) prepared me for what I was doing this month. We are constantly moving and there are A LOT of unfamiliars. And everything we’re doing this month is preparing me for home.
Everything is normal.
Simply put, every day is an opportunity to serve God. In all the previous months, we were given set ministries and that’s what we were to do. This month not having that, every day looks different and it requires listening to the Lord. Which is actually so APPLICABLE TO EVERY DAY AT HOME AFTER THE RACE.
I started to listen to my desires.
God gives these to us for a reason. And I have had the coolest moments come from them. I’ve been wanting a massage for a while now, one day while on the beach and local women came up offering one, so I took it. But throughout it all, I was able to speak with her and learn about her life. Another day I had been wanting to walk by the river and we ended up running into a retired woman from Florida.
And not every desire will lead you to someone or something, some things God gives us these desires because we deserve them as well. Some days, we go whale watching and get to see the coolness of God’s creations. Other days, I won’t walk about with a story, but rather my heart is transformed just from me loving the Lord.
But it’s all simple.
Letting go of this feeling of not being prepared and fully accepting that God has gone before me and is walking beside me.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!!
I am so excited to finally launch my new blog. As the World Race comes to a close at the end of this month, I will continue to post all the sweet things that the Lord is teaching me through this new blog.
It’s called Circled with Love and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE if you checked it out and subscribed!! Thank you for your continued support as we walk together in the Kingdom.
