Hello everyone!
Thanks for clicking my blog! My first official post! Whoop Whoop!
What am I thinking?
I have asked myself that almost everyday since I thought about submitting an application for the Race. The idea however, was totally a God thing. I had heard about The World Race from my friend Ashley Cable (go follow her blog ashleycable.theworldrace.org) she is currently on the race and left in January! Also, here is a little backstory, I listen to a podcast called Girls Night with Stephanie May Wilson (girls go give it a listen!!) and last month she got together with a friend and they talked about their journey on the Race!! She also gave a free application code at the end so I saved money and I’m all about that! I look back and all I can see is the Lords plan unfolding and I didn’t even know it! The Lord used Ashley to plant the seed and then used Stephanie to help me take the leap. CRAZY! Shout out to Ashley and Stephanie because I wouldn’t be where I am without you two!
I had some fears going into this process. The major one being how the heck am I going to fund raise $19,200, another being how could I leave my friends an family and my career for a year, and how do you pack for 11 months in 1 pack and a carry on? Satan used these thoughts to discourage me from submitting my application and being confident in my decision to commit. He continually uses them to overwhelm me and give me anxiety. But I am reminded of one thing, that the Lord is faithful. I journal everything, I mean everything, and one of the benefits to that is I can look back and see when I faced trials and how the Lord has brought me through them, and I can see all the amazing things that have happened that I wasn’t even planning! I can be so blind to all he is doing, especially when I am focused on worries and doubts.
One of my goals through this process is to not focus on the doubts and uncertainties but to focus on how the Lord is going to be faithful, even if I cannot see a clear path. He has never given me a reason not to trust him so why should I now? I trusted him in saying yes to applying, saying yes to committing, and now I am going to trust him in my fundraising and other worries.
If you would be praying for me on this journey I would be so grateful. Prayer is so important and without the Lord I am not capable of doing this. Also, if you feel led to do so, I would greatly appreciate any donations towards my trip! Just click the “donate” button above!
Thank you so much.
~Kenzie
Lamentations 3:22-24
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
