It’s crazy to think that in 4 days the race will be over and I’ll be back in Arizona. It seems like just yesterday when I was at the sky harbor airport waiting to board my plane to go to Launch. It seems so unreal. My word for my last month though is:
Expectations
This word not only helps describe month 11 but it describes the whole 11 months. I’m not sure what I was expecting coming into this trip but I definitely did not expect the year to turn out the way it did. They tell you at training camp to let go of all of your expectations because nothing will be what you expect. It doesnt matter how many YouTube videos you’ve watched that racers made on the field, the year wont be what you expected. This was more of a reality for the people who launched in January with me. When the Corona virus hit Adventures in missions decided to pull all of there overseas missionaries. That meant that I was 1 of 7 people left on the field. When we started this journey we were told we would be changing locations every 10-14 days, that quickly changed once quarentine hit. I was also told that we would be doing ministry in my home town in Arizona. Unfortunately because of the rising number of cases in Arizona our host had to cancel.
This year has been nothing but change and letting go of all of our expectations. Especially in the past 3 months. When I first signed up for the world race, I didnt think I would make it to month 11. I thought for sure that I would’ve quit by now or that I wouldnt have reached my fundraising goal, but here I am. I definitely thought that if I made it to month 11 I would still be part of a team but that was not Gods plan. God knew all along that I would need to leave the team. He knew that going to Alabama and living with these hosts was the best place for me to be.
Going home is not going to be easy. Having to go back to normal life is going to be weird. What makes it harder for me is I wont have a lot of time to process due to the holidays and my sisters wedding. I wouldnt trade this year for anything though. Through all of the ups and downs, through all of the changes, through the Corona virus, I grew in so many ways. This year may not have been what I was expecting but I’m coming out of this year with the thing I wanted most which is a better relationship with God.
QUESTION: Now that the race is over would you like me to continue writing blogs? If you do leave a comment below. Thank you all who have followed my journey and supported me.
