why am I even doing this?
why the world race? why now? why not later? why right after you finish your first year of college? why these countries? why couldn’t you do it any other time except for right now?
These are the questions that I’m asked and that consume my thoughts.
The “why” is an important feature of any great adventure. It wouldn’t be an adventure if there was no reason. Right? So here I go. Attempting to answer a giant question of.
Why?
About 9 months ago I felt the Lord calling me into doing the World Race. A task I really didn’t want to do (at first), but I was willing to do whatever He wanted me to do. The easiest way to answer the seemingly impossible question of “why?” is to say “well God told me to do it” or “this is just our jobs as Christians” and while both of those answers are true I don’t know if I feel okay with being that “cliche” if you will. So let me try to give three reasons of why I am doing the race…
S A F E T Y
– a state of being safe from the occurrence of injury, danger, or loss –
My entire life I have enjoyed and loved safety. I was always told I was kinda a homebody and I was completely fine with that. I used to watch movies and tv shows and say “it would be so cool to go on an adventure but I could never do it.” Welp, I was wrong. Yet again. The Lord decided that it was a good idea to push me towards the world race (a massive life-changing adventure). He wants to strip away my safety and comfort and He’s showing me even now that He’s my safety; not my circumstances. So I accepted his invitation for removal of my comforts and safety.
G R O W T H
– the process of increasing in size –
As soon as I met the Holy Spirit I became fascinated and obsessed with Growth. I loved watching plants grow, people grow spiritually and physically and just seeing how something can go from something so small into something so beautiful. After seeing my sister come home from her race it fascinated me how much people can grow over the course of nine months. I wanted more growth then I already had with the Lord so I accepted His invitation for growth.
S H A R E
– to give a portion of something to another –
One of the first things the Lord told me when I was deciding whether or not to go on the race was that I had “so much to share with others.” This actually took me by surprise, “what do I have to share?” “I don’t have anything to give.” He slowly taught me over the past 9 months that I have encouragement to give. Someone taught me one time that words have power and the Lord has given me the opportunity to pour out what He first gave me. So I accepted His invitation to share.
So I guess that is the “why?” behind my “yes.” It’s been a process to figure out why the heck I said yes in the first place and there is plenty more to discover.
If you want to support my yes then PLEASE pray. Some things to pray for are:
– Provision of the Lord.
– The continued friendship between me and my team.
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Thank you for all the prayers and donations! Really means so so much!!
