I would be lying if I said saying see you later to the best people I have ever known and loved was easy. The truth is this is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. I have cried more nights than I can count about leaving the ones I love so much for 11 months!
But here is the beautiful thing, over the past four days every time I close my eyes to pray and spend time with God, I vividly see Jesus a few steps ahead of me, looking back, reaching out His hand smiling, saying “It’s okay, take my hand.”
For the first time in my life, I have chosen to leave so many things that I love behind and I have put all my trust and hope in the one who will never fail me and never leave me.
My mom always tells me the safest place I could ever be is in God’s will for my life.
And she’s right.
I have never felt so safe and so much peace like I have felt these past four days.
I know over these next 11 months that when things are hard and may not be going according to my plan that Jesus and I are in this together walking hand in hand all over the world. I also know that because I am pursuing God’s will for my life, I am in the safest place I could ever be, no matter where exactly that may be on a map.
Even though your journey may look a little different than mine over these next 11 months and you may not be traveling all over the world with nothing but a 35 Ib hiking pack. . .
I want to encourage you to remove the comforts in your life that may be hindering you from fully and completely putting all your trust in God.
What does that look like for you?
What will it take for you to fully and completely trust God?
Early tomorrow morning, I fly out of Atlanta, Georgia for Santiago, Chile.
By supporting me through prayer and financially you are essentially going on this journey with me all over the world.
My prayer is that when I get home in June 2019, I am not the only one with stories to tell of the amazing things I have seen God do in not only my life, but the lives of others as well.
My prayer is that instead you have stories to tell too of the things God has brought you through and what He has been teaching you over these 11 months!
Chasing after Jesus,
Emily Ann
