With the holidays just around the corner and Thanksgiving being just a couple of days ago, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about home and honestly wishing I was there rather than where I am currently. Which is ridiculous because where I’m at currently is a place I’ve wanted to be my entire life. So I had to sit down and have a talk with myself. Where did my priorities lie? Was the race something I wanted to continue? Was I being selfish? Yes to all of the above. As much as it may seem like just a bunch of traveling, the world race is incredibly difficulit. It is spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically taxing. You think you’re doing alright but as soon as homesickness sets in, you’re done for. And unfortunately ive dealt with this quite a bit these past 5 months. I miss my family a lot and missing out on Thanksgiving was hard. But although I couldn’t be with my own family, I realized how special it was that I got to be with this new family I’ve been given. And that was just the beginning.
So I made this list of reasons to be thankful:
1. I have an incredible WR family who looks out for me and cares for me when I feel like my world is falling apart.
2. Next year as I sit with my family around the Thanksgiving table in going to say “remember that time I had Thanksgiving in Thailand?”
3. God has given me an amazing opportunity to not just share his love but to share it with the entire world. Like, 4 out of 7 continents. 5 if you count home.
4. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, my birthday and July 4 are an annually reoccuring tradition so I’ll them next year.
5. I have a MASSIVE amount of love and support back in the states which encourages me to keep going no matter how hard it gets.
6. I get to spend December on one of the largest and most popular beach resort islands in the world. Yeahhhhh baby.
7. Wifi
8. Western style toilets
9. I have teammates like Jenna Wiles (jennawiles.theworldrace.org) who plan the most amazing Thanksgiving dinner you could imagine for Thailand.
10. WERE ALMOST HALF WAY DONE! (Sad and exciting at the same time)
11. I’m seeing 11 different countries this year and I can say confidently that the woman who comes back will not be the same woman who left.
Bonus: I have to raise $4000 in 1 month but that’s ok because that means that God is going to bring it to me in crazy cool ways. If you’d like to be a part of that, go click the “support me” button! 🙂
