Here we are, all of us World Racers for the 2017 Gap Year mission, coming together in Atlanta, Georgia. Ready to launch.
This should be fun…right?
While I am very excited, I am also very anxious and uncertain. I know everybody gets anxious or uncertain in preparation for this trip. But that doesn’t make it any less real for me. I’ve thought things like, “What about my family? Am I just giving myself an excuse to run away from problems at home?” or “What if I have some sort of mental breakdown on the trip and get sent home?” or even “What if I get injured or get a disease and die?”
In reality, I’m just scared to go into the unknown, being treated more like an adult than I ever have been in my life. Responsibility is frightening to say the least. It’s the one thing I’ve wanted for as long as I can remember, but now that it’s being presented to me, I just want to close my eyes and be transported back to 2005, 6-year-old me, when I didn’t have a care in the world, and I was entirely dependent on my parents. I know that makes me sound like a weak person; I guess that I’m just not trusting in the Lord enough right now. I’ll have to spend some time working on that.
But anyway, enough about just me. This is about us. It’s about me, my team, my squad, my family & friends, and my supporters. Y’all are coming with me on this journey (whether physically or spiritually), and I’m so excited for us.
I will be living in the moment and enjoying where I’m at, rather than worrying about all the amazing things I won’t get to do back home. That said, sorry-not-sorry if I don’t miss each and everyone of you all the time, but my prayer is that you all live in the moment too! And live fully; live for Christ. He’s what will connect all of us on a deeper level throughout this nine months, and the many years to come.
Thanks, and God bless.
Come Together by The Beatles
