There is a time on the Race that it hits you, you have been gone for a very long time and there is still quite some time to go.
The thing about traveling the world is that it’s impossible to be invisible. You are always being stared at, being called Gringo or Farang or Muzungu! Because the color of your skin, people target you when they are begging or trying to sell things. The excitement of all this can die out pretty quickly.
It becomes easier and easier to crave Starbucks or real cheeseburgers or cute clothes! People back at home are missed a lot more and hot showers and comfy beds sound better and better. Home is on the mind so much more!
I don’t say this to complain or to scare future racers, but I say this because its reality. This is not an easy thing to do, but that’s not why I signed up is it? I didn’t want easy. I wanted to be stretched, I wanted to be molded, I wanted to grow! So when this time has come, there is a choice!
I can choose to check out, counting down the days until I return home, or I can push through! I can choose joy! I can choose to look into the children’s eyes and see them how God sees them! I can choose look up at the night sky and see the beauty in the stars! I can choose to look at my team and see how blessed I am to live in community with a bunch of believers who love the Lord and me! I can choose to stop and listen to the voice of God everyday, because I know He is speaking!
I choose this! I choose to push through! Starbucks can wait; God has too many great things for me here to check out!
