About three weeks ago, I was able to speak to the youth at my church about my mission trip, The World Race, that I will be going on in January. The one common question that most kids were asking was, “Can I go with you?!!” But it made me question why am I going on this trip and how did I get here. I’m sure most of you reading this are probably asking the same questions.
Well, if I’m being honest, this has been a passion of mine since I was in high school. When I graduated high school, I knew that I wanted to go to UTSA and the UT Health Science Center to become a nurse. I also knew that I wanted to work with kids and travel around the world. So, I took the steps to become a traveling nurse. I was in my third semester of nursing school when I realized that the Lord was calling me out of nursing school and back to UTSA. I didn’t know what would come from this, but I obeyed the Lord and made the change.
Since returning back to UTSA, I was able to go through a leadership training class for discipleship and sharing the gospel. I was able to find my forever home church, Compass Church, and learn what it means to have friends and family around you at all times. But the one thing that really brought me to The World Race is my passion for kids and Jesus, along with my pastor suggesting I look into it. After researching the program for a good day, I realized that it was a perfect fit because so many things lined up with what I was looking for and what the Lord was calling me to.
This past week I was able to serve at Real Life Kids Camp where I was able to be a counselor to a group of girls ages 5-8. I was absolutely at home with them! I was able to share Jesus, show them Jesus, and still have fun all because of Jesus who worked through me. I had conversations with kids that I never imagined I would have, and kids would ask me questions I didn’t know how to respond to. But the best part about this camp was that I saw Jesus move through me and change me to be more like Him.
We all struggle at one time or another about what we should do in situations and if the very thing we choose is the “right” thing, but I know that this week was a step in the right direction for me. Ministry is not a relaxed, kicked-back job, but rather a hands-on, down-and-dirty, always challenging career that I want to do every. single. day. I don’t want a day to go by where it would be considered “easy” because I am a person who works hard for the things that I love. And I want people around me to know that I don’t take ministry lightly. I am constantly thinking of how to make things better and how I can serve better the community around me.
It is these very characteristics that I have that make me so excited about The World Race! Every day on the race, you wake up with a new mission or quest to conquer and a handful of friends who help you get there! Each day you set goals for yourself to talk to more people, pray for more people, and share the gospel in ways that are more creative and more powerful. Our time here on Earth is very limited, and I don’t want to leave this world saying I wish I would have done this, or that. I want to enter the gates of heaven with the Lord standing in front of me saying, “well done, good and faithful servant.”
But, I need your help. Financially, prayerfully, or however you can! I can’t do this on my own, so will you consider joining me on this journey to get me around the world? Any amount, small or large, is so appreciative and will touch so many lives! God bless each and every one of you who reads this. You guys are all so loved!
XOXO
