Good Afternoon,
It has been awhile since I have blogged. I am not good at keeping my blog updated. If you follow any of my social media you know that I am alive and well. I am currently in Albania. Wow. How am I already in Europe. I still can’t believe that I am on this journey.
Let me give you a quick update on what I have been doing on the race.
Month 1, I was in Belize. In Belize, we worked with a local church. As a team we were free to do what we felt the Lord was leading us to do. In Belize, I was adjusting to life on the race and a new team. God was teaching me to trust him, as I had things going on at home that made it difficult to be away.
Month 2, I was in Honduras. In Honduras, we worked with adults who suffered from a variety of disabilities. I feel in love with the people we worked with. The Lord taught me about child like faith.
In Honduras, the Lord was teaching to surrender. I walked through healing and learned to surrender what I wanted, not my will Lord but yours. I saw break through from things I was holding onto.
Month 3, I was in El Salvador. Wow. This month has been the hardest and most beautiful month on the race. We worked with a local church. We helped with services that were put on during the week and weekends. We traveled to a small village and worked with children and their parents.
This month personally, was extremely tough. I hit a low point on the race. I was homesick and depressed. The one thing that keep me going was the love that I was shown by the locals. The love that the people gave was like nothing I had seen. I learned so much about the love of the father that month. At my lowest moment, the lord was there pouring out so month love on me. El Salvador was hard to leave.
Month 4, we traveled to Asia! Our first country was Vietnam. This month was so fun! It was so full of adventure and getting to know local’s our age. In Vietnam, we worked at a cafe/ English club. Vietnam is a closed country, so we were not able to openly share the gospel. We did have moments to share the gospel once relationships were built when we were hanging out one on one. Month 4 was personally a good month for me. The first four months on the race were challenging for me. I began to feel more like myself.
Month 5, I was in Cambodia. This month was the first time that we had a team change. That’s right! I have a new team. The ministry this month was so good. We traveled about an hour everyday into a small village, we worked with children, we taught English , taught about Jesus, and other life skills. I loved this ministry.
This was a month of rest for me. Emotionally and personally there had been so much that I had grown from in the last four months. I choose to just rest this month and spends more intentional quite time with the Lord. It was a good month for me.
Month 6, I am now in Europe! I can’t believe I have been gone for 6 months. I am currently in Vlore, Albania. It is absolutely beautiful here. This month we are working with High school students, college age and young adults. We are going to the local high schools, college campuses and inviting them to hangout with us. We are putting on several events for them to attend. We also take set up coffee dates where we share the gospel when the opportunity arises.
This is a small recap of what the 5 1/2 months on the race have looked for me. To be honest, this has not been an easy journey. It has been tough. I have wanted to go home. I have wanted to quite. It is exhausting traveling so often, the moment we become familiar and comfortable in a country’s we are moving to another. Living in constant community is not easy. We get very little alone time. There are rules and things that I do not always like or agree with. To be honest, I struggle with never being able to be alone. I sleep, eat, etc. with a team of six girls constantly and it is draining. I cannot wait to get home. I miss home so much and all my family and friends. As hard hard as it has been, it has been completely necessary. There has been life change that has happened. While on the race God has revealed so much spiritual, emotional ,and personal immaturity. The Lord is constantly walking me through healing of my past. I am still walking through healing, I do not feel like the perfect missionary because I feel so broken and exposed. I am so thankful for it all. I can’t imagine not having this opportunity.
I will write another blog on what God is doing in my life. Thank you to those who continue to support me.
If you feel lead, please consider donating to my trip. I am 73% funded. I cannot do this with out your support. Be apart of change that is happening in the lives around me and mine.
Always,
Rocky
