WE LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US!
1 JOHN 4:19
Hello everyone!!
Time keeps on moving and the day of launch keeps on getting closer and I could not be more excited for this new adventure. I wanted to take some time to share why I have chosen to go on the world race gap year instead of continuing going to community college.
For me personally I feel like right now in my life school isn’t in the picture for me, I did go to school this past winter and as much as I loved it, I didn’t feel like I was in the right place to continue going. I knew that there was so much I could do in the world.
In the fall I started to look at all the possibilities of what I could do and also where I could go to school because at that time I was dead set on going to school still and I had no clue as to where I wanted to go to school all I knew was that I wanted to go out state so that I could get out of the cold. Especially since I don’t like the winter and I wanted to go somewhere warm but while I was looking at different schools I came across an Ad for the world race and I started to look into and I felt like that this was something I should do.
I felt like this was a good plan for me because ever since I can remember I have heard all kinds of stories from different missionaries wheater that be from school or church I kinda always knew that someday I would go on a mission trip outside of the country. I have been on mission trips with my church around the country but I also felt like there was more for me to do and I figured that this was my chance to do that.
I want to do the world race gap year so that I can grow closer in my relationship to God since for a long time I kinda knew that I was starting to grow apart from God and now that I look back on it, I can tell you where I went wrong and how it happened. The one thing that I know for sure is that one day I kinda stopped going to church weekly and I always found an excuse for it until one day I was asked when I was going to start going to church again by my mom which showed me that If I wanted to grow in my relationship with God I had put in the effort of growing with him. Which is when I started to go to church and instead of going back to the church my family goes so I figured it was time for me to find my own church that I liked. And I am happy to say that I have found a church that I really like and although I will still go to the church my family goes to from time to time, I know that I need to continue of this right path of going to the church that I feel like I will grow the most.
I will get to see all the different cultures than what I am used to. I will get to experience new foods than what I am used to which I will be honest is going to be very hard for me since I am probably one of the pickiest eaters in my family. When I say that I mean I will only eat certain foods if they are a specific brand like if it’s not the right brand I won’t eat it. That is how bad I am but this trip will help me to branch out and try new things. It will help me to see how other people live. I will be able to see how the people in Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Thailand live and for me seeing how those in Guatemala live that will probably be one of the hardest things but also exciting for me at the same time.
For me, I am excited to go back to Guatemala since I have not been there since I was born. I have always wanted to go see how they live down there and I know that it isn’t what I have imagined in my life since I have heard of stories of how they lived and for me personally it will be hard seeing how they live because for a lot of my life I have always felt guilty. You’re probably wondering why I felt that way. The answer to that is because some of those people have such hard lives but I got out of it by being adopted. I got lucky while some other people aren’t as lucky as I was. I believe that by going on the world race it will open my eyes to that although these people may live harder lives than me that’s all they know and that instead of feeling guilty about I can be thankful for the life I have been given.
The world race gap year is going to teach me things that I don’t even know about myself but it’s always a good thing to grow and learn new things about yourself. I personally don’t have an exact reason as to why I am doing the world race gap year, but I can tell you about some of the reasons I have decided to do it. The main ones as are I have no clue what I doing college wise, so I kinda decided why don’t I take a year and go and serve other people which may help me figure out what I want to do and it may not help decide but it will show so many new things.
I will be able to experience things that I wouldn’t be able to experience here in the states. I will not only grow in my personal relationship with God but I will be able to make some amazing friends from all over the country and these will be people that will be people that I will get to grow with every day of the race.
I will be living in all kinds of different conditions it will all be exciting but also stressful, I know that the race isn’t all happy times and there will be times where I will ask myself why am I doing this and one day I will be able to look back on it and see why God has called me to go out into the world and share the gospel with others.
As time gets closer to me leaving I will be posting more often about everything that is going on and how I feel about it. I look forward to sharing this journey with everyone. I leave for training in July which is coming up soon and I couldn’t be more excited.
“For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you
and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
