The first question I get when I tell people I am going to be going on the world race is why? Sometimes I have trouble answering this question because I don’t have a short, simple answer to give which is what most people are looking to hear. The truth is there are a lot of different reasons why I signed up and will be participating in the world race. From a young age up until now I have gotten the opportunity to travel to many different places in the US and participate in missions opportunities. Weather it was serving in a daycare, a vacation bible school, or providing basic necessities to those in need, I have gotten to see God work in many different ways in the lives of others and myself. Throughout the past year I have gone through many different changes in my life, I just graduated college and I was not sure about what my next step was going to be, I spent a lot of time praying about what to do next and it was during this time that I heard about the world race. Immediately after learning about the race it was as if I could hear God telling me that this was it, this was my next step. I fought it for a few days and really struggled with what I know now was such a clear call from the lord. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not someone who typically steps away from my comfort zone, and this was the complete opposite of comfortable for me. I have never been out of the country or even been away from my family for longer than a week. So the thought of leaving my home and everything that I know for eleven months just didn’t even feel possible. I prayerfully asked God to give me a clear answer about what I should do, I wanted to not question if this was right for me and he did just that. The next day I knew that this is what I had been called to do. The lord gave me a love for people and a heart for missions and I am so excited for the opportunity to be his hands and feet over the next eleven months and to see all that he does in the lives of others and myself.
