This is such an interesting topic. I have loved reading how everyone has come to this place. Everyone has a different path, there is no singular way of getting to this place of wanting to be a part of something so much bigger than we can imagine. It is so beautiful to see how the Lord speaks to each of us, how he has called us in different ways.
So…. I live in New York, I have been living here for two years and some change. I had been toying with the idea of leaving for a little while, maybe spend a summer away, a year, just to get away for a little while. This city is so wonderful, but it had started to drain me a bit. I ended up getting a job offer in Australia working for a wedding cake designer(that’s what I do). It was one of those surreal moments where everything I wanted was in front of my face. I have always, always wanted to live by the beach and am so fascinated with Australia. This was fairly close to my dream job. In my excitement of getting this job, I was surfing around on my computer. I keep a file folder of missions organizations. Whenever I am in between jobs, or have a break, I try to find something short-term I can do. I have been trying to figure something out for years, but school or my job always took priority. I’m looking through this folder and I find the world race. I felt this intense pull on my heart. Then, I knew. I knew God was going to make me choose. The next couple of weeks was spiritual warfare like I had never felt. But, very slowly, Australia and New York started looking less and less appealing. It became so clear to me where God wants me. It was like I knew before I was even accepted that this is where I am meant to be, this is God’s plan for me. This is the hard path. I did not choose the security of an income and a roof over my head. Leave it to God to make that unappealing!
Since I committed to this trip, I have been able to look in retrospect how God has prepared me for this. This has been years in the making, years of planning on God’s part that I knew nothing about. I have found healing and restoration in my time in New York, with my family here. Without them, I would not be in this place!
