EVERYONE! I am fully funded!!! Thank you so so so so much. You are all such a blessing in my life.
I am over halfway done and wanted to let you in on the things that the LORD has been doing in me and how YOU have provided a way for Him to move incredibly in my life. The places I have seen, the things I have done, the people I have met, and the experiences I have had have all BLOWN ME AWAY. I want to thank you for supporting me financially and for all the prayers and love. What I am most thankful for though is the fact that this journey has turned into a delightful intimate walk with my dad, the Creator of all things. Without you, I would not be in the place I am now with Him. So thank you for THAT. For investing in my spiritual walk and for paying to send me around the world with my FATHER. My life is changed, and I still have five more months to go!!!
I wrote these goals before I left for the race about 8 months ago…I wanted to fill you in on the deeper things that have been going on regarding these 🙂 The places, spaces, sights, and people are all so special, but my heart is changed, and that's what I want to emphasize regarding my gratitude to you 😀
Goals for the World Race:
INTIMACY. INTIMACY. INTIMACY. : check. I have busted through the ceiling that was preventing me to dive in deep with the Lord, and He has met me in incredible ways. I am walking WITH Him now rather than just FOR Him.
Prayer, I want to be a woman of prayer. To pray in the secret where only He can hear, and to pray and confess his name with authority boldly declaring His will. : Well, this was prophetic, God is particularly calling me to this this month. I am being called to step up regarding this discipline. I am called into a prayer life that fights for my friends, family, and my squad. I am looking forward to developing my own love language with Him 🙂
I want to feel God, see Him, breathe Him, hear His voice and make it like second nature. : yep, I feel Him, a lot! I feel His spirit in my hands and body very often, it's crazy, but so real. I have seen Him in amazing ways and with squad leading, I get a glimpse of His work behind the scenes and He has revealed many mysteries to me. I hear Him every day and KNOW His voice like in John 10. As I press in more with the Word and grow in my prayer life, His voice will get even clearer to me 🙂
I want to learn what it truly means to walk daily in the Spirit and obey His prompting with strangers and loved ones right away, to not second guess or wimp out but walk and speak BOLDLY. : I swear I had no idea who He was calling me to be before the race, but this pretty much describes who I am now. OBEDIENCE is not even a question now, I act as soon as I hear His voice. BOLDNESS also defines me as well. I don't shy away from conflict, awkwardness, or even tough conversations. His spirit and strength gives me courage daily to walk in confidence and boldness.
For Jesus to be seen in my eyes, for my whole body to be His vessel at any and every given moment. : God has been speaking to me a lot about my eyes..I will keep you posted on that one. But, every day I try to walk in the Spirit to provide love and joy. My body has held many children and danced and been in pain and laughed and just about everything. I am blessed!
To develop a quiet time that fits and nourishes my soul : I have had amazing intimate moments with the Lord, but the discipline is coming this month! Please pray for me develop this more and to choose time with Him over sleep. It is SO HARD!
Get a tat! : It is coming..during Tanzania, God gave me Jeremiah 17: 7-8 and I am almost convinced I will get a tattoo encompassing that somehow. Read it and think of ideas for me! I am excited!!!
Bungee jump: UGANDA! next month hopefully this will be happening before we head to Asia!
Do things I would NEVER do: CHECK CHECK CHECK. This is an everyday thing haha. I can't even begin to name off everything that fits under this category. My growth spiritually alone blows me away, not to mention all the weird things that I have done. I am so free of people's opinions and fears, there is close to nothing that I wouldn't do as long as it isn't bad haha.
Speak up for myself and not just grin and bear it if it can be changed: um hm. no one walks all over me anymore. My feelings, my heart, and my voice are worthy to be heard because I am a daughter of the King!
Be hit by the love of God and the grace resulting from the cross that I physically FEEL it : I am still waiting for this 😀
Handle the team’s budget responsibly and efficiently : hehe. check. I was the treasurer of my team for two months, then got raised up to be a team leader, and now I am a squad leader…but I have NOT been able to escape doing finances. For my resume, I can write: "Managed and balanced a budget all around the world, in 11 different currencies :)"
To not be that person Jesus refers to when He says: “Ye of little faith.” My Faith will change things and lives! : I am really stepping into this now. I believe healings and miracles are on the horizon. I jump when He says jump and have faith that He will not only catch me, but that He will make me fly!!! 😀
SO…there is an update of what GOD has accomplished in me and through me. I can't thank you enough for believing in me and investing in my LIFE, not just in the race. I pray blessings and favor and surprises and gifts for every single one of you.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME….
While I am fully funded for the race, I still need personal money. This money will be used for food, snacks, experiences, and other special things that come up. Also, since I have been gone for several months and will be out of work for almost a year, it would be a huge blessing to have savings for when the race is over. If you would like to support me…I have set up a pay pal account and believe I have figured out how to use it haha. Please email me: [email protected] and I will give you further info on how to help me out. I appreciate you so much and can't wait to be able to thank you all in person eventually hopefully!
BLESSINGS!!!
This was me at training camp…good times. It feels like it was so long ago! (funny side note: at training camp, they forgot to make me a name tag…so they took one of the leaders and taped my name…it said D SQUAD LEADER…God is funny..)
This is me before I left for the race and before I chopped off all my hair. I had NO idea what I was getting into haha. So young and hopeful 😀
This is me now. Forever changed. Transformed. A confident, bold, fiery, woman and daughter of the Most High King 😀
