Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

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I cried today.

This whole fundraising thing is tough. 

In fact, I’ve cried several times about this. 

So… here I am to tell you exactly why my heart is aching. 

The ultimate goal of this fundraising is not for the World Race. I mean, of course we want to go (and plan to go!), but that’s not why it’s so important for us to reach our $34,034 goal.

[[I cry because I’m scared of leaving the familiar, I’m scared of spending a fifth year away from my twin sister, I cry because I can’t make the kind of money necessary to pay my phone, electric, rent, food and have much money left over for fundraising.]]

Our ultimate goal is not this trip, our ultimate goal is to be missionaries full time. 100%. This trip is EXACTLY how we plan on diving in and figuring out where we are meant to be. This trip is about Him. It’s about meeting the lost and showing them our Redeemer and the grace we receive freely that doesn’t make sense, that’s free of conditions. This trip is about us figuring out who we are in God’s eyes. Figuring out how we belong in this massive story on earth. 

I won’t sit here behind my laptop and act like I have it all together… because I don’t. I wont have it all together before this trip, during this trip or even after. 

But I will have the overwhelming joy of knowing that I’m exactly where we’ve been called.

Both Bryce and I (on different occasions) felt a strong call to full-time missions. We discussed it when were dating and we still have felt that nudge. We are excited/scared/overwhelmed/overjoyed right now because not only is this the beginning of our story with the World Race, but this is also where we begin following where God calls us to be missionaries for the rest of our lives.

I may cry again, and that’s okay. This is real, this is raw and this is how it feels when you’re not sure what it’s going to take to get there. But He knows. 

Please pray with us as we ask God what’s required of us next to bring in funding for our trip on The World Race. We believe God has some exciting things in mind, and we are eager to jump in and join Him there!