GUYS! I am elated to tell y’all that Jesus is taking me on the World Race! I’ll be visiting 11 countries in 11 months, working to reach and serve other cultures with the love of Jesus. In each place, my team and I will be partnering with local causes, ministries, nonprofits, etc. to serve the community and bring the Word! It will be a lot of things, I’m sure, and I don’t totally know what to expect, but I think that’s the innate beauty in it. I am thrilled, anxious, restless, and expectant. The Lord is going to do whatever He wants to and I can’t wait.
This blog will be where you can find updates on my journey — before, during, and after my race. I hope you prayerfully consider clicking that “Subscribe” box, following along, and supporting me in my answer to this call on my life. Here’s a bit about what’s been happening in my life and heart lately, and what lead me to making this decision:
I love home. I am good at home. I know home and home knows me. I have pretty awesome friends and family, a school that I love dearly, and the opportunities to pursue a lot of my passions. Home is my idea of comfort.
But at some point, the Lord put a pull in my heart for things that I don’t know all that well. I started missing people I’ve never met and places I’ve never been. I started to wonder what He’s doing in those people and those places. And what He still wants to do in them in the future. I realized it wasn’t just going to go away. It caught me totally off guard because I never ever planned my life to include anything like this. But, here I am, realizing again that the Lord is an infinitely better planner and dreamer than I could ever be. I didn’t know what I was supposed to do with it all but I started trying to sift through it. Since then, God has revealed Himself to me in major ways. He showed me that He wants me to come on this adventure with Him. He said, “Let’s go kiddo. I have some things I want to show you.”
So, home is comfortable, yes. And what the perfect world of social media might not tell you is.. I’m scared. Of course I’m scared. That’s the human in me. But, guess what else lives in me?! JESUS. I came to the realization that having courage is an inevitable response to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He can and will do big, big things when we step out in faith and run on mission to make Him known. I am asking God for continued peace and for Him to glorify Himself as I lean into all that fear.
My heart has continued to just swell for this journey ahead of me. I am in over my head, for sure. But in the best way. He is not in over His head. He is not worried or unsure. He will not be surprised or bewildered. Ultimately, I feel peace, knowing that I am in His faithful hand.
Please think about coming back here to share this with me! I’m a ball of thoughts and emotions, and there will be much more to share, so the plan is to just let my fingers do the talking. Not only do I want this journey to impact me and the people I will meet and spend time with, but I also have a massive hope that it might inspire, help, or embolden even one of you. I really, REALLY want you to be part of this!
so much love, kier
