Hi friends!
For those of you who do not know what the World Race Gap Year is, here’s an explanation. The WRGY is basically a nine month mission trip, except I can only bring ONE PACK for all my belongings (yeah, you read that right, ALL of them:)) Surprisingly though, I am super excited for that part! Only having a pack with me will force me to only bring the essentials and trust God with the rest! Every three months I will go to a different country. My Route is Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Thailand! I will basically be doing whatever my leaders tell me to do, which could include: Bible studies, working with women enslaved in sex trafficking, working in orphanages, construction, etc. I am so beyond excited to grow and be pushed out of my comfort zone on the WRGY.
My theme for the race is “TO BROKENNESS & BACK.” My hope is that God will change me for the better on the World Race. I want to struggle. I want to hurt. I want to get to the point where the only place I can go is to the feet of Jesus. I believe that’s where I belong, where we all belong. I spend a lot of my time reading blogs, books, and stories about normal, everyday people who trusted God and through Him accomplished some pretty incredible things. I love reading their stories of seemingly impossible prayers answered, & the mighty works of our all-powerful, loving God against all human reason. I crave to have these experiences. Something tells me this is what I am supposed to do.
My main goal is to become more dependent on God. I totally trust God and feel like I put my faith in Him, but truthfully if I want anything I can just go get it. I REALLY love to be in control and know the plan…..BUT….I don’t always think this is a good thing, especially for my faith. It’s hard to feel I’m truly trusting God when all my immediate needs & most of my wants are easily met every day. I’m not saying I have to go on the World Race or a mission trip to do this—but my heart longs for these experiences, & most of all to experience “BROKENNESS & BACK.” I need God to break me, get me out of my comfort zone, change me. I’m reading the book “Kingdom Journeys” and the author says the only way to truly get rid of a habit is to cut it out of your life for a long time. I think 9 months will do.;)
I hope you will follow my journey as I embark on this adventure, and keep me covered in prayer!
to brokenness and back,
Midge
