Training Camp changed a lot of things, it even made me change my mind.
No, don’t go getting all worried, I am still going on the World Race! I just came to realize my reason for going is not actually my reason for going.
If you have read previous blogs of mine or talked to me before I left for Training Camp you would know the reason I first considered the World Race was as a way of seeing many different kinds of ministries in many different places. God finally opened doors for me to go and act on the burden I felt for the nations, I just had no idea what He wanted me to do!
I still don’t…
I shared with my mom this calling I was feeling again and she told me about the World Race.
Yes, my mom!
Many people are shocked she was the one to share the idea with me. They are shocked because of her role as my mother. It’s not an easy thing to accept: a child going overseas, let alone give them the idea! She knew I was going to go and supported me through my research in what I should do and where I should go. I know it can’t be easy, I myself struggle with the abandonment of an entire year, but both my parents have surrendered it to God. Sorry for the short detour, sometimes I have to remind myself how incredible this journey has been and how supportive my parents have been through it all!
Anyway that was my reason for deciding to go, to strategically learn where God wants me and what He wants me to be doing. But now I know that is not why I am going.
Yes, I may find the exact place I am supposed to be or the exact thing I am supposed to be doing; but, that’s not the point.
These next 11 months will immerse me into an atmosphere where we live out “life is ministry and ministry is life.” I know that this trip will show me many kinds of ministry in many different places, so it doesn’t need to be a hope because I know it will happen.
My hope is to grow, to learn, and to be on mission in my everyday life. This doesn’t start in January. It starts now.
We are all called to live differently.
To stand out.
To be a light in the darkness.
To produce fruit wherever we are planted.
So there you have it, how I changed my mind at Training Camp.
I have many more things to say about TC and will definitively have more blogs sharing some of the things I have learned!
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