This is officialy my first blog post ever. I have never written for anyone to read publicly so this is kind of nerve racking for me! So, if I do mess up, please give me grace:) My goal for these blog posts is to be able to share my heart with you and for you to to keep up with what God is doing in my life as I begin this Journey!
I felt the “pull” to do the world race when we were at my brother, Chris, WR launch this September. It was the first day of launch and me and my parents were walking into the first session of the day. My dad turns and looks at me and said “Ahava, if you told me you wanted to do the race I would tell you no. Unless, God tells me otherwise.” Talk about a punch to the heart! I almost started crying because I knew that this was big on my heart and God was stirring something inside of me. All day I kept kind of whining to God about this but he kept reassuring me that he had my dads heart in his hands.
That night, after an incredible time of worship, we were back in our rooms. My dad looked at me and said “remember this morning I told you if you asked me to go on the race I would tell you no? And I said unless God tells me otherwise?” Of course I remembered! He continued “well, if you looked me in the eyes and said ‘papa I feel like I’m supposed to do the race’ I would tell you yes.” My outward reaction was “okay” but inside I was jumping off the walls and doing all kinds of flips! God really did have his heart in his hands!
Needles to say, as soon as we got home from the launch weekend I immediately went online and registered. I had no idea what routes where available at the time so I was just a sitting duck knowing my application had been submitted! About 2 weeks later I had an interview, then one week after that I got a call saying “you have been accepted.” As soon as I heard those words, reality hit me hard. I was actually doing this thing. I was actually going to leave home for 9 months and be the hands and feet of Jesus! WOW!
Since finding out, I have been bouncing off the walls! oh and on top of all this, my parents and I are moving back to Guatemala in January! To say I’m excited is an understatement. But I’m also a tad bit overwhelmed. Once we move down there, I will not be able to get the supplies I need, so I will have to buy everything before we leave for Guatemala! Which is totally okay because I know God has it all in the palm of his hand.
Im asking you to continue to pray for me and my team. Pray that in this year of waiting to begin our journey, we would allow God to prepare us for the things to come. Pray that our eyes would be opened, and hearts would be softened. Pray that all our funds would come in and that we would have full trust in God!
Thank you for reading!
Love,
Ahava Lewis.
