I’ve never been one to feel particularly called to something. Since dedicating my life to Jesus, I’ve been learning what it means to walk in obedience with Him, in community with the Church, and in communion with the Holy Spirit, and I have certainly experienced the beautiful truth that He will make our paths straight, but I have not been one to experience feeling the call from the Lord to do something. I can recall two times in my life leading up to college when I felt something that I knew confidently was the Spirit’s leading. Once, it was praying with a stranger at CVS (her name is Sarah and she was only slightly weirded out by it). The other time, it was the call to international missions.
After my 10th grade year, I was at Global Youth Camp and I felt the Spirit’s leading to international missions. I had never done any sort of international mission trips, or domestic ones for that matter, but I was confident the Lord was calling me somewhere outside of my comfort zone, away from my peers, and to unreached hearts in desperate need of the Gospel around the world.
And I completely ignored that call.
Even though I have wanted to do the World Race since learning about it in high school, I spent about three years making constant excuses. I needed to go to college so I couldn’t financially afford missions (silly me, because Jehovah Jireh!); I needed to get into grad school so I didn’t have time for missions; I was planning to get married so I needed to follow my future spouse, not the call to ministry.
Well, friends, the Lord is perfect and sovereign, and I wholeheartedly believe that He has made a way for me to finally be obedient and follow this call to go on the World Race. It took some changed plans (okay, a whole bunch), some tears (okay okay, it was a lot, I get it), graduate school confusion (who needs it, right?), lots of praying, and immeasurable support and encouragement, but I’ve been accepted for the World Race (AHHHHHHH).
I could not be more excited to follow the Spirit’s leading in this, and I will be launching in August 2018 with some fellow Jesus-loving pals from around the country on Route 2 to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, India, Nepal, Romania, Albania, Macedonia, and Serbia. More info on how I chose route 2 to come!
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P.S. If you’re interested in the verses that led me to make the decision to apply, check out Acts 20:17-35 and Hebrews 13!
