Welcome everyone!! I never imagined myself as the blogger type, but I also never saw myself taking a gap year to serve around the world (until recently). Now look where we are. So how did I get here?
At the very first campaigners (YoungLife’s name for bible study) meeting of the school year, our awesome leader Erin asked us to think over what bible verse would be the theme for our senior year and come prepared the next week to tell everyone. I thought- EASY!- my life verse is Hebrews 10:1-2, “Let us run with endurance the race set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and profecter of our faith.” I love this verse so much because it can be applied literally to running and symbolically to our entire lives as Christians. Senior year, I was ready for a great cross country season, and above that, yearning for God to make his path for my next couple of years clear, so I could run the race that He has set before me. How fitting! I am now going on the World RACE, with the hopes to act on my life verse- looking to Jesus in all of it.
Through the chaos of college apps, creating resumes, and standardized testing, I had a feeling in my heart. A feeling that God is calling me to do more than going straight to college. (Beside the point BUT I am still planning on starting college in the Fall of 2019 to become a nurse!) I heard about The World Race Gap Year through posts on social media by Carsen Daniel, and the idea was tugging at my heart ever since. Tugging might be the wrong word. More like wrestling. The idea was wrestling with my heart. I have had the “perfect” plan since sophomore year- get a 33 on the ACT so I could get full tuition at the University of Alabama, and if I couldn’t get my scores up I would go to FSU as a back-up. I seemed more certain than all my peers. I seemed to have it all figured out. But deep down, I didn’t have it all figured out. I wasn’t happy with this “perfect” plan at all. As I became more interested in this cool opportunity to serve God while travelling the world, I became apprehensive. I go to Stanton. How could I not go straight to college? Is my “perfect” plan flawed? God wrecked my plan for one that is scary, but oh-so great, and more than anything- it is HIS! I will be spending my time building, teaching, praying, preaching, growing, loving, and spreading the Word. I can’t believe this is going to be my life for the next year, but I am stoked!! Please stay tuned- I will be posting about once a month before my launch, and more frequently once I’m out on the field. If you feel called to do so, any financial donations and/or prayers would be appreciated!!
