Two things have just happened:
- I have written my support letter #boom
- I am reenergized for the adventure I will be going on in about six months.
So what now? I’m going to blog about my expectations for the Race.
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The Lord will completely break me and rid me of all that I cling to.
- While this might terrify most people, this is something I am extremely excited for and looking forward to. I acknowledge that I will be giving up a lot to go on this journey but I am also aware that I don’t actually recognize how much will be stripped. But instead, He will…
- He will have me start from square one of defining who I am as a daughter of Christ, what my relationship with the Lord actually is, and what my life will look like because of it. My relationship with Him will be mine and not based on outside influences.
- It will be hard.
- I will get sick (I never get sick here in America).
- I will absolutely cry because of the gigantic bugs that try to make friends with me.
- A more rugged and “tough it out” side of me will emerge.
- I will have to get creative in my lifestyle.
- I will be uncomfortable.
- I will experience comfort in ways I never thought possible.
- I will see and experience amazing things.
- I will see and experience unimagined difficult times and cry more than I'm used to.
- I will gain brothers and sisters in Christ.
- I will experience extreme bouts of happiness and feeling close to the Lord, but also extreme periods of exhaustion and distance.
- I will desire to cling to and fully experience and appreciate each day and what it brings throughout all 11 months.
- I will see change: change in myself, change at home, but especially change in some of the people we meet throughout the world.
- Jesus will prevail, and always provide.
