At the beginning of my senior year, I didn’t have a path for my future or even a general direction to head in. I was struggling to find where I was meant to go. I changed my mind about what college I wanted to go to about four times in the first semester of senior year. I am a person who likes to have my future all planned out, or at least have an idea of where things are going, and because I didn’t have this big part of my life figured out, I was stressing about it hard core. And instead of giving my worries to God and letting Him direct me, I was trying to do it all on my own, and it left me feeling unprepared, scared, hopeless, and in the dark. Then one day, when I felt like I was at the lowest point I could reach, I gave everything to God. I gave up trying to be in control. I gave up trying to direct my own path and planning my own future. I stepped out of my head and into His hands, and that is when everything changed for me. In that season, God closed many doors in my life, but opened up an opportunity that will mold and shape me into the woman of Christ that I am meant to me.
So, why am I going on the World Race? I am going on the World race to spread hope. I am going on the World Race to build relationships with people I would have never had the opportunity to meet otherwise. I am going on the World Race to follow the calling that God has on my life. But most importantly, I am going on the World Race to share the love of Jesus to those that need it most.
