Life can be such a complicated, whirling mess of craziness, can’t it? All the emotions we go through, and the things we experience! It can be too much to think about or handle all at once! As time quickly passes, my mind has become a blur of all the changes that have happened in my life and all the things that are going to change! Just the other night I was sitting studying the Bible and it just HIT me. I am about to leave everything I know and everyone I love for a year, to travel the world with people I just met a few weeks ago for the first time! And as I sat and thought about all the moves I have made, the job I left, the people I have said goodbye to, the people I have said see you later too, I can’t help but wonder, “God, what is happening here?” And at the exact same time there is this overwhelming excitement and courage and peace I have. I met for the first time 54 strangers 2 months ago, and you know what I found? Jesus. I found Jesus, love and a passion for missions and ministry. I found people that I adore and people that are going to lift me up when things are hard, people that are willing to go through the good and the bad with me as we take this journey together. I was especially reminded of that on Friday night as my friend Jenn came to visit me. Jenn is going on the World Race with me in January. She is in my squad (which is the entire 54 of us) but not in my group (the 7 of us I introduced you to as team INDELIBLE). Pretty much all we could do the entire night was laugh (ask my mom, she thought we were out of control!) and that was just a great taste of what is to come this next year. A lot of laughter and fun in the midst of weeping and hurting for people and leaning on the Lord as we face the hardship people all of the world feel and live everyday. This trip isn’t about me, what I will learn, what I can do, or any of that. This is about what God can and will do. This is about dependence of the Lord and allowing Him to freely use me as he chooses. That may look like sitting on the sideline and praying, and it may be more involved than that. But either way, My God Reigns. I sat down to lunch today with Emilie Janson, a former World Racer. We had a nice long conversation about virtually everything dealing with the Race, and some other things as well. She told me it is going to be challenging and hard at times, there will be struggles; but in the end, there won’t be any regret to choosing to follow God in this, and it will be worth every minute!
This is Jenn, isn’t she adorable?
