People ask me, what’s the biggest miracle you’ve seen?
Tell me some stories about what God has done? What has been the biggest challenge? Why do you think God called you onto this trip?
The answer to all of those questions is MY TEAM!!!!!
The biggest miracle, the most awesome story yet, the biggest challenge and the reason why I came on the World Race was because of MY TEAM!!!!
We haven’t had it easy the past 6 months. I thought when I signed up for the race that I would have all these physical challenges. I would be sleeping in the rain, going days without showering and have to walk miles for water. Well, its month 7 and I haven’t had to experience any of that. God knew what he was doing when He put my team together, and he knew the physical challenges wouldn’t be what we needed to grow. He has been stretching us since the beginning and thats been through each other. I haven’t been more emotionally and spiritually challenged in my life than in the past 6 months. I thought, I can do this whole community thing, I can travel with the same 6 people and I can persevere. Well, I found out really quickly that I had no idea what community was, and that they were bringing out the worst in me….I want out, I said!! I want to get out of this right now, “God do something, make it work, change them, change me!!!” I cried out to God on numerous occasions and felt like I was just failing him and not getting what he was trying to teach me. I can love on these orphans, I can talk to these widows and I can make friends with no problem, but God I can’t love these people!
We have had our share of arguments, misunderstandings, fights and silent treatments. I know its sad to say, but its true. We didn’t live in a safe, loving family for the past 6 months, but God is redeeming us like crazy. We don’t walk around in fear anymore. We don’t hurt one another because we don’t want to. We listen to each other, cry with one another, share our struggles and love each other in spite of our differences. I can’t believe that I’m right in the midst of a miracle unfolding everyday. We went from not wanting to be together, preferring ourselves over each other, isolating from one another, gossiping about each other and finding fault to truly loving each other. I have been in tears almost everyday thinking and praying for my team. I am so in love with each of them and I know that we’re going to bring the kingdom of heaven to the nations, because we’ve allowed God to move in us first. I can tell you first hand that there’s no greater miracle than changed hearts and true love. It’s easy to love people that are just like you, have known you forever and like you a ton. Its a completely different to love people that don’t even seem like they like you.
I know that God is real because he took 7 complete strangers, 7 strong minded leaders, 7 complete opposites and showed us how to love. It’s been the most beautiful thing I’ve experienced my whole race so far and the only thing better is going to be how God works in my family and friends lives back home. I’m praying for ya’ll and I know that with God any relationship can be redeemed even with the people you think you can’t stand or that you’ll never have anything in common. This is the body of Christ. We’re all messed up in one way or another and if anything God just wants us to see our need for Him and embrace each other, because when we embrace each other…we’re embracing HIM!!!
