I’ve participated in road races ever since I was in third grade. For 17 years I’ve been a runner, albeit a slow one. A year ago I ran my second 25k. Near the end, it was the … Read more about With the Finish Line in Sight
Birthing Pains
Today is day 287 of the World Race. For the past month, a lot of my squad has joked about how we could have carried a baby to term by now as pregnancy lasts approximately 280 days. And, that got me … Read more about Birthing Pains
An Open Letter to My Mom
Dear Mom, I don’t think words can do justice to how thankful I am for you, but I’ll give it a try. I am who I am today because of you. Because of the way you raised me to … Read more about An Open Letter to My Mom
Entering the Unknown
43 more days. It doesn’t feel like that long ago that I hit the submit button on my application for the World Race. Yet, here we are with less than two months left until I return the … Read more about Entering the Unknown
How to Get From Peru to Ecuador
What day is it? I’m not sure I know. Also, my watch somehow got set a day ahead so I’m extra confused. The following is an account of how we got from Cusco, Peru to … Read more about How to Get From Peru to Ecuador
Beauty for Ashes: How God Saved My Life
Pressing the ‘publish’ button on this blog is probably one of the most terrifying things I will do. Because to do so is to make myself vulnerable. Yet, to refrain from doing so … Read more about Beauty for Ashes: How God Saved My Life
Everything Glorious: Peru Recap Video
I’ve been bedridden with a fever and battling off my first parasite the past few days, so I likely won’t be doing much else here in Peru as I try to rehydrate before we start the long … Read more about Everything Glorious: Peru Recap Video
Becoming All Things (updated)
In October, I wrote a blog about becoming all things and enduring all things for the sake of the Gospel. In the post, I wrote a list of twenty-five things I had ‘become’ in the first three … Read more about Becoming All Things (updated)
The Real World
“In real life…” “When we get back to the real world…” These are phrases that I’ve heard over the past nine months, and I’ve used myself. Phrases we … Read more about The Real World
