With coming home there’s a lot of people asking me questions such as “What’s next?, Where are you going to go? What are you going to do? Who’s that girl in those photos?” And the most common one, “When are coming home?” Well here I am, and I’m going to answer all of them for you. Some of this might be hard for some people to fully understand but all I ask is that you trust me.
Starting off, the girl you see in my Facebook pictures and what not, that’s Meghan. I met her through the World Race. She is absolutely amazing and I am madly in love with her.
Next, the big one, when am I getting home?
There is nothing I want more than to be back home and see all my family and friends. To see those who have done nothing but support me for the past year of my life. But as plans are unfolding it seems that I won’t be semi-permanently home until July 1st.
As for everything else… God is calling me to do a lot of things in this first month of being at home and all of it is to help me get to where he wants me in the future. So as some of you may know, God is calling me to move to Portland, Oregon. He wants me to leave what I know as home in order to take part in the expansion of His kingdom in Portland. Now I’ve never been to Portland. In fact, I’ve never been north of a small town in Arkansas that I don’t even remember the name of. I have no idea what to expect other than to expect something big to happen. I know some people think and would say that I’m just out and about spending
money on some unexpected and meaningless road trip. And though it may seem like that, please believe me when I say that is the furthest thing from the truth. Just like He told me to go on the World Race, He told me to take this trip to Portland. He’s been talking to me for a while about it now, always saying the same thing; He has something I need to see up there. I don’t know what it is, but it’s something. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m stepping out in faith and asking God to take me where I need to be and show me what I need to see. And I know it’s not logical for me to go on this trip. I have no money. Of course it’s not the most sensible or most rational decision. But God is calling me to do it so I have to do it. And if I’ve learned anything about God this past year, it’s that He doesn’t fit into logic nor are His plans always understood by the world. But He’s not of this world, and therefore, neither am I. He’s not safe, but He’s good.
Please know that none of this is meaningless or being done out of youthful thoughts. It’s all being done out of obedience to what God is asking of me. It may be hard for some to understand and that’s ok, I just ask that you would trust in me to fulfill the plans that God has for me.
So that’s my plan. After Portland I’m going to Chicago for a wedding, then to Atlanta for a re-entry program the World Race puts on called Project Searchlight, then down to Florida for a few days, then back up to Chicago to drop off a car, and then I fly home. Now, like I kind of mentioned, money is super tight at least at the moment, and I know that I’ve already asked a lot of my friends and family but I ask one more time… if you feel led at all to continue to support me as I re-enter into America and see what God has in store for me please do so by giving through my Paypal account. Anything and everything will be more than appreciated!!!
Thank you again for walking with me on this journey and for having my back the whole way! Just by reading my blogs you have blessed me in a multitude of ways!
– Andy out
