Okay, so I’ve been home for over a month. Crazy, right? I can’t even believe it.
I’m living in my home town and what a blessing it is. I’m spending quality time with the people who have poured into my life so much over my entire life and guess what, not much has changed. They’re still pouring into me, they still love me and even people I’ve never met are telling me how excited they are to have me home. I am simply overwhelmed by the support I’ve gotten. It makes me smile from ear to ear every time someone comes up to me and says something along the lines of, “I know you don’t know me but I’ve been praying for you!” Praise him. Thank you so much to the people who have prayed for me, followed my journey, and continue to pray for me. This is just the beginning. It’s just the start of something greater my Father has for me. I don’t know what the future holds but I do know I’m walking hand in hand with Jesus.
I traveled to Georgia for a reunion type event with Adventures in Missions. I got to see my squad. I was able to worship with my squad and many other racers, and the staff at AIM along with guest speakers encouraged us in our transition back to the states. They told us the journey isn’t over, it’s just starting and I found that to be true.
(The few of us who stayed and closed our time out with a dance party before we went to IHOP for late night dinner.)
While there, many options for our future were thrown at us. Some people thought they had the future planned out and God re-directed their path, other people came in with no plans, expecting God to show up; He did. That’s the boat I was in. I knew I had my summer all planned out but come September I wasn’t sure what would happen. Let me tell you about my long term goal and explain the next steps I’m going to take to get there.
I’ve always enjoyed helping people. Whether that means listening when someone needs an ear, or giving advice when asked, a hug when words just don’t come, or a prayer when there’s nothing else to say. God has given me a heart to help, but also a heart for kids with no parents. Long term I want to come along side an organization that’s already established and help them start an orphan program. Teaching them how to care for orphans, learning along side them.
How can I teach them how to care for orphans if I don’t know how to care for orphans in the first place, you might ask? AIM. They have a program called CGA (center for global action) that will help show me what long term missions in other countries/cultures looks like AND a program that will teach me how to care for orphans. Ultimately, no one is an orphan because we are all sons and daughters of the King.
In order to make this possible, I need your support. I’m asking for prayer, always, which I know you guys are good at. Seriously blown away each time I hear someone new has been praying for me. Secondly, I need your financial help. In September I’m moving to Georgia. That will end in December, home for Christmas (first one in two years) and then I’ll move to Guatemala in January which is where I will be learning how to care for orphans. I’ll need to raise a little over $7,000 in order to do this. That will cover my classes, housing, and $200/week stipend for food/gas.
I ask you to prayerfully consider helping me in any way possible. Let’s build the kingdom together. If you have any questions at all, feel free to message me, email me, or call me. I’ll leave you with a video I made about my time in Asia. Enjoy.
