Holy Ground

// Holy Ground

I never want to get used to the burning bush. I also never want to get used to wandering in the desert.

At the beginning of last year, I prayed for one word that God wanted me to focus on for 2018 and I got the word “trust”. I had no idea what I was headed into. Two months after that, I left a three year long unhealthy relationship. Another two months pass, I’m accepted on The World Race and I start fundraising. A year passes and I’m on the field with my squad and I have a new word: see.

Fundraising has been an adventure in itself. I’ve seen God bring in thousands of dollars in two hours and I’ve also gone weeks without receiving a dollar. It’s been one of the hardest parts of The Race, for me. It’s a battle between trusting that God will provide and fear that I will not raise enough and have to leave. 

I want to assure you and let you know that your money isn’t going towards a vacation for me. We aren’t staying in fancy hotels or luxurious houses. We aren’t eating extravagant food for every meal. We wear the same clothes for days on end, take ice cold showers, eat a whole bunch of rice, and it’s amazing! We’re going out to serve and be with the least of these. We have nurses, teachers, musicians, people from all backgrounds and skills coming together to serve and make the God of Israel known and that His son, Jesus, saves. It is hard and exhausting work but we get to watch people fall in love with their creator.