Hi!!! Thanks for coming by.
My name is Aspen Kelley and here are some things you should know about me.
I live in California and I love it a lot. I have found that I genuinely feel off if I can’t see the ocean regularly. I have three brothers who taught me how ride any and all boards (surf, skate, snow, etc.) and I love them for it. We have also had many foster brothers and sisters in our home, making it extra crowded and making me an expert at taking lukewarm/mildly cold showers.
The world race has been on my mind since I first heard about it a couple of years ago. Like most people, the money scared the heck out of me so I pushed it to the back of my mind, thinking it could never happen. It wasn’t until a friend of mine twisted my arm to go to Denny’s one night that I met a girl who had just returned from the race. I told her about my hesitant interest and she was incessant about meeting and discussing it. She told me, ‘It’s no coincidence that we met tonight’. She was right. Soon with her persuasion, I found myself applying, then interviewing, getting accepted, and finally just full on sending it and committing. And I’m so glad I did.
Since that very night at the holiest of Denny’s, the Lord has been tugging on my heart to fully surrender and take this risk. As much as I am obsessed with the place that I live, I don’t belong here. I know that there is something more. The Lord has an extraordinary calling for my life and I know that this is it.
1 Peter 1:8 says, though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.
That kind of joy, one that is glorious and inexpressible, it’s wildly extraordinary. A joy that can come from something that you cannot see, something that isn’t immediately tangible is incredible. It’s a joy that needs to be shared.
So that’s why I’m going on the race. The Lord rocked my freaking world and I need everyone to experience that.
