My plan was to go to training in September for a week at Adventure in Missions and then launch for Romania. I was so excited about serving God and spreading His word and love all around the world, I had planned to do so many amazing things in his name. Then Covid-19 hit and the possibility of my trip changing was in the air, I kept telling myself, “God is going to make the trip still happen, because I know this is what He called me to do.” I was 100% sure that God called me to the World Race Gap Year, meaning 1 week of training in Gainesville, GA then off to travel the world serving God. God, however; has a different plan from what I thought the World Race Gap Year would look like, due to Covid-19 Gap Year has changed what it will look like this year, instead of the 1 week training camp, they have decided to extend the training to 3.5 months of training, which will give other countries more time to open their boarders. Our new plan is to have an extended training, where we will be trained on missions and given opportunities to go out and serve in our community. We plan to launch in January and spend 6 months out on the field, because we aren’t sure what other countries will look like in 6 months, we are not able to know which 3 countries we will be sent out to yet. I am so humbled by God showing me that, while yes, He called me to the World Race, that doesn’t mean He can’t change it to what He wants it to look like for me. A lot of times when Christians are called to missions, we have our own idea of what that is supposed to look like. For me, I assumed it meant 9 months in 3 different countries serving God and spreading his word to unreached people groups. So, when I found out that wasn’t going to happen, I was disappointed and questioned if this trip was what I was supposed to be doing, because it wasn’t going to be what I thought it should look like. I began to pray and ask God to show me what He wanted, then I thought about it, if God decided to add an extra country to my trip, would I have been questioning it? If He had added Thailand to my route would I have been considering leaving the World Race? No, I would have been excited to get to go to another country and serve, so why was I questioning Him for wanting me to serve and train in the States? Because I was beginning to lose sight of what God was calling me to do, I was focusing on the travel aspect of the trip and not serving God and growing closer to Him. So, I have decided to let go of my vision for this trip and give it to God, if God is calling me to stay still and spend extra time preparing and training to go out and serve him that’s what I will do. I am praying that God uses this extra training to prepare me for full time missions and helps me grow closer to him then ever before. I am so excited to see where God is going to lead and teach me in these next 6 months and I am happy to say that I am letting go and doing it His way, whatever that may be. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about these changes.
