11 countries in 11 months. Sounds crazy, right? But this is exactly what I have been praying for.
When I was a teenager, I took my first missions trip to El Salvador.
This trip changed my life and my heart was burdened for the people of Latin America. That is when I first felt the call to missions and I knew that this was something that I could see myself doing for the rest of my life.
So in 2006, I graduated from Englewood Christian Academy and knew that I wanted to pursue this call. I attended Evangel University and majored in Nursing and Missions. I loved my time at EU but I only stayed for 1 year. I stopped trusting God and was scared that I wouldn't be able to afford this amazing school for 4 years. So I came back home, found a job and decided to attend a local community college. I continued to pursue a nursing degree, but felt God tugging at my heart to pursue the call to missions.
In 2010, I had the opportunity to take another missions trip. This time to the beautiful country of Belize.
There, my heart melted all over again. We saw and felt God move in ways that I can't even put into words. God continued to remind me to trust Him and that this was what he was calling me to do.
I came back home and was accepted into a nursing program to become an RN. The program was challenging and I wasn't sure if it was what I needed to be doing with my life at the moment.
So in the fall of 2012, I took another missions trip to Belize.
Once again God moved and we saw hearts and lives changed and the passion within me grew even more.
I begin to pray for God to continue to use me to change the world. I wanted His plan for my life, not my own. My lovely friend Laura told me about The World Race. I checked into it and I saw the Spanish route for January 2014. Immediately, I knew that this was what God had been preparing me for. But before I applied, I prayed and made sure that this was what God truly wanted me to do. And I am so thankful that it is. Am I nervous? A little, but I'm learning to truly trust God and the things that He calls me to do. His timing is perfect and His ways are much better than my own. I'm always reminded of this verse:
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 NIV
So I'm going to stand on that promise and trust that God will take care of me. 🙂
