People think that taking this gap year is so cool because I get to travel and see and experience things most people dream of doing. My elders tell me to enjoy the journey while it lasts because there most likely isn’t a chance I would get this opportunity again, and that once life starts it would be really hard. But that isn’t my motivation in going.
In the middle of my junior year I started talking to my Pastor about my future. I knew my options were college or missions and I hadn’t been swayed either way at that point in time, but going to talk to him I knew that I wanted whatever it was God had for me.
In the beginning of my senior year, I finally decided and it was confirmed that the World Race was my next step. I decided that the World Race was for me because it is something God placed on my heart. It is something I am passionate about and very excited for. Yes I get to travel and see the world and meet new people but the most important things I will be doing is taking his word out to the people, making connections, and growing in him. I am going because I want to be obedient to what he is telling me and I want to just go after him with everything I have because at the end of the day that’s all that really matters; that I run the race he gave me.
