Why Am I Going On the World race?
Well…This is kind of a loaded question because so many things have lead up to this decision, but I’ll try and keep it short.
First off, I strongly believe that the Lord has specifically called me to the mission field. Ever since I was younger, He has continued to grow my love for sharing of the gospel to the nations and there is honestly NOTHING I would rather want to do with my life. I couldn’t picture myself doing anything else and if you know me you know I don’t make decisions and I am a very indecisive person. Therefore, I am not sure of a lot of things but I am definitely sure of this one thing and that is that this is what God created me for.
As the Lord has grown my love for the nations, He has grown my love for Him. He has displayed to me His love and grace and its incredible. How could I not want to share these things with others?! People are dying without hearing the good news of Christ, they are dying without knowing someone out there loves them, they are dying without knowing they have a worth and a purpose. That just kills me.
“We must not allow fear to overcome our sense of compassion for our neighbors who are in need.” -Kent Brantley
People are in NEED to hear the word of God and even though its scary and a lot of times out of my comfort zone, I will go, I will share, and I will love.
Now…why did I choose to do the World Race, specifically?
Honestly, my decision to do this all feels like a blur because it happened so fast. I never even knew what the World Race was until last year when one of my leaders from church decided to drop everything and go. Then, right after she left, we got an intern at my church who had been on the World Race. Her stories were incredible and it was so exciting to hear what the Lord was doing. (Literally, every time I hear world race stories I get chills and tears in my eyes.)
Anyways, I still didn’t look much into doing it because I had decided to go to college and if I was going to do anything like this it would be after that. However, the Lord kept poking at my heart. I continued to hear things about the Race all the time and one of my friends just kept saying that I needed to do it. I was still on the fence, but figured if this was something that I was interested in I should pray about it and hear from the Lord. So that I did and God couldn’t have been any clearer. Every devotion I read was about going, being sent, and proclaiming the good news. It was like very book I read was telling me this was the right decision. My parents began to accept the idea of me doing this. I had such a peace with the fact that this was the next step that the Lord had set for me.
So, about 8 months later and here we are. I AM GOING ON THE WORLD RACE!!
My purpose in doing so:
To share the love of God with everyone!!
To help the hurting
To pray for the broken
To encourage the discouraged
To be a light in this sinful world
To live and grow in biblical communtiy
To experience beautiful people and cultures
I couldn’t be more blessed to be able to go on this journey and I’m bursting with excitement for what the Lord is going to do!!
Thank you for reading and for everyones support!
Please continue to pray for me, my squad, my family, and these countries that I’ll be going to (Thailand, India, Costa Rica)
Love You All 🙂
(PS: nothing like waiting til the last minuet amirite?!)
