I know what you’re thinking. You’re doing what?! You’re going where?! Why?!
Let me answer some of your questions.
I am going on the World Race: Gap Year!! That means instead of going straight to college I will be traveling to Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Thailand on a 9 month mission trip beginning in September!! I. Can. Not. Wait. I will be serving along the people of each country while sharing the gospel. Traveling the world while telling people about Jesus, does it get any better?!!
Never in a million years did I think I would ever do something like this but God has placed such a strong passion for missions in my heart the past few years and I am so stoked to see how God is going to challenge and stretch me throughout this experience.
OK that’s great but why?!
I have always planned on going to college. College life has always seemed right up my ally and it was just always something I planned on doing after high school.
I had 2 colleges I was really interested in. I applied to both and although I didn’t get denied, it was obvious God did not want me at either one of them right away. I was confused and upset and MY plan was failing. I wanted to know immediately, but God kept telling me to wait. Just wait. And as hard as that was, (especially since everyone was asking and all my friends were making their decisions) I did.
A few weeks later from getting those two school’s decisions back, I saw another ad for the World Race. I was familiar with the World Race and would even joke sometimes that I was going to do it, but of course I was always kidding because in MY agenda I was going to college, just like everyone else. But God has a funny sense of humor. Long story short, I applied. I didn’t tell any of my friends or anyone, only my family knew. I just wanted to see what would happen.
Part of the application process is a phone interview . I scheduled mine for Friday, March 22nd at 9am. I was a little nervous but excited too. About 15 minutes into the call, the girl interviewing me says she will call me with the decision in about 5-7 days. 6 hours later I get a call from the same number. I had been accepted!! My mind started overflowing with thoughts and wonders and disbelief. She said 5-7 days and it had only been a few hours?! It was SO clear that was God saying “this is where you need to be”.
I waited 4 months for both my top colleges to tell me to “wait”. I waited 6 HOURS for God to say “yes”. I was in shock. It was so obvious that this was God’s perfect plan for me. All of a sudden all the “maybe laters” and “hold on for nows” made sense, because they were all leading up to this “go!”
I couldn’t be more thankful for those 4 months of waiting and I couldn’t be more excited for the 9 months I will be on the mission field. Lets do this!!
blog ya later,
Bailey
