Since this race is a world of unknowns…here are some expectations that I have for it!
I EXPECT TO:…
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Look something like this at some point during the race 🙂
- Fall DEEPer in love with Jesus Christ
- Do things I have never done before and probably things that I have never wanted to do before
- CRY…often and hard
- LOVE people so intensely that it physically hurts
- SEE people the way their ABBA sees them, for real
- Dance at some point in every country I visit, well that is my goal at least!
- witness a miraculous healing, and be the vessel that God's power is released through in order to HEAL
- be changed
- Sing and worship in different languages
- Be stretched to the point of breaking, and then be rebuilt
- bunjee jump. HOPEFULLY!
- Eat strange things
- develop an ear to hear and discern the voice of God
- Gain an intimacy with Him that I have never reached before
- Get sick. unfortunately
- Feel pain in the arch of my foot, my right repaired ACL knee, and my stress spot
- FEEL so alive that I wish I could race forever
- Be so close with my team and squad that it blows my mind
- get sick again.
- miss my family and friends
- wish I had more room in my lil ol pack to fit souvenirs
- wish I was an amazing photographer like my cousin Matt so I could capture the moments and share them with the people I love in a way that does it justice
- be extremely dirty and smelly
- be too lazy and exhausted to brush my hair or maybe even shower :/
- Feel so attached to the people and the country after only a few weeks that I bawl my eyes out when we have to leave
- See different sides of God that just blow my mind and cause me to point up and say "This guy!"
- pop a squat
- go crazy from being in the same place for over a day! such as a train or bus!
- Feel so thankful and grateful for all the support, love, encouragement from EVERYONE for helping me be where I am in that very moment
- be confused as to why He chose me to go and bring hope when I definitely don't know it all…
- Experience "What a small world" moments
- have jaw dropping realizations of God's plans and His purpose in all the mess I have gone through
- play basketball, soccer, and have kids running up to me and climbing on me
- be so weird that it freaks people out a little 🙂 but in the end they end up loving it!
- Come back with so many stories, friendships, growth experiences, crazy moments, painful moments, and beautiful moments
- take a billlllllion pictures!
I wonder if any or all or a few or none of these will happen! I will be sure to let you know! The UNKNOWN is yikes sometimes, but man oh man….. I CAN'T WAIT!!!
