I want to tell you all a story of how abundantly blessed I am, and how God has hit me with a literal ton of bricks on my next steps in life. Basically, why I am going to be going on The World Race – America!
I have never been the “normal” college student, I have switched colleges three times, and majors more times than I can even count. I have worked full time, and stopped classes, I have moved to Orlando to work for Mickey Mouse, y’all I have literally been the farthest from the traditional college student you can get!
My life had a major stop; no college, no work, no anything, I mean major. Seizures came into my life in September of 2018. I thought my entire life was over as I knew it, because I literally could not do anything for myself. I hit rock bottom, one day I was reading through my Bible because I did not know what else to do at this point. I was lost. I read the verse “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him” – Psalm 37:5. I realized that day, it is 100% possible for me to get out of this dark place, and 100% possible because God is the ultimate healer. I had to trust in him. This was not a quick trust, or quick fix, it took from January to April but God brought me out of that place. I thank him everyday for being in such pursuit for me, when I certainly was struggling to pursuing him.
I was praying hard, about where to turn next, what my next steps would be. The World Race was not in my sights, after all, I was still having daily seizures and would never be healthy enough to go on an 11-month mission trip. However, I still felt such a sense of pull to work for the Lord, and that the Mission field was where I was meant to go next. But how am I going to stop these seizures? I asked the wrong question, I should have asked how are we going to stop these seizures? I had been praying for months over my team of doctors, and I finally was given the right medication to stop the seizures. I said okay God, you have my attention, lets do this. I applied in July to go on the World Race – America, and was accepted a short time later.
Here I am, writing this blog, a month seizure free, and I can not believe how faithful God has been. When people ask, why did I apply for The World Race? Because for a year God never stopped pursuing me, so I am spending the next year spreading the gospel, pursing my relationship further with him, and trusting God in every step. I would have never imagined I would be leaving my home for 11 months, and that this would be my next step in life, but it is time to pursue God, break out of all my comfort cages, and spread the light all over the USA.
