“So what are you doing now?”
Of all the questions in the land, this is by far, the most popular. As much as I wished I had an answer for y’all, I didn’t. Now, that changes! 🙂
Like any great story, I should probably start from the beginning.
I got home from the race July 26th. Let me just tell ya, America is weird y’all! 😉 That first week I may have had more emotions then I had all race, haha. Even though it was hard, it was also really good. I’ve loved being able to see and spend time with everyone, it’s been sooo wonderful and makes my heart so happy!! Also, a few things became very true to me during this transition.
Number one being:
“You do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.”
I’ve read this verse many times, but never have I EXPERIENCED what it was saying. Until now. This 11 month journey with the Lord was very literally, life-changing. Prior to the race, I was doing my own thing, what I thought I should be doing, and even what I loved to do. Then, I went on the race, and did things i’ve never done before, lived in a way I never had, and sometimes did things I didn’t particularly like doing. However, I’ve never felt so full and alive either.
The hardest thing about coming home, is trying to figure out how to mesh or blend these two worlds together. How to live the way I was living the past 11 months, without my team and squad. How to carry over the world-race-daily’s into this fast paced American lifestyle. To be honest, I haven’t figured it out yet. But God has been so patient with me during this season. He has revealed himself in the most unexpected ways, some subtle, some huge. He is just as much HERE as he was out there.
So, fast forward a couple weeks to project searchlight in Atlanta. This is where things get wild! 🙂
During our second night of incredible worship, God spoke. VERY. CLEARLY. He said to me, “Georgia.” Just out of nowhere. I responded pretty quickly with “uhhh what? GEORGIA!?!” “Like… AIM (Adventures in Missions)?? Do you want me to come on staff? Are you telling me to squad lead??”
“No, not Aim.” He said. “You could be close to AIM, come help out with training camps if you really want to. But not AIM.”
That’s all I got. That’s all He gave me.
So, as you can probably imagine, I was like, “well what the heck! What does the mean? What am I suppose to do in GEORGIA!?” As I analyzed every possible scenario that night, I thought well… Maybe i’ll move to Georgia, find a softball team somewhere who needs a coach, and then be close enough to this awesome community.
But let’s be honest, I had no idea at that point!
So the next day, as the breakout speakers were introducing themselves, Jeff Powell (who I had never met before this point) took the mic, and told us he was going to be talking about church planting.
Something in my spirit went off! I can’t explain it. Then I thought to myself.. “That was weird… I’m not a church planter!” But, I decided I should at least go see what it was about since that was such a strange feeling.
Come to find out, The Lord has called Jeff and his family to a suburb outside of Atlanta (Close to AIM, but not AIM) to plant a church. As he shared with us a little bit about the heart of this church, God was stirring something up in my heart. Could this really be what the Lord is calling me to next?? It was hard to completely comprehend it all.
I came home from searchlight, and after a few weeks of prayer, lots of conversations, and even doubts, God has made it so clear, that this will be my next journey with Him. As of yesterday, I’ve officially committed.
The crazy part?? I will be leaving for Georgia on Thursday to be there for our first meeting Saturday the 11th. I am so excited to see what God is about to do. It’s gonna be big guys!! I will update you all with more details and information as I get it, I want you to all be a part of this. Consider this your formal invitation! 😉
We would love your prayers! They carry so much weight and value!
I love you guys! So so much!!! Let the fun begin!! 🙂
