Breaking News: World Racer Changes Routes
What’s New?
The countries are all new (with the exception of Thailand).
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
South Africa
Mozambique
Swaziland
Thailand
Myanmar
Malaysia
Philippines
What’s the Same?
Pretty much everything else. I’ll still be leaving in January. I’ll still be raising the same amount of money. I’ll still have the experience of a lifetime.
Why the Change?
I can’t completely answer that question yet to be honest. When I was presented with the opportunity to switch, I actually didn’t think much about it. I knew I had chosen my original route over the other three routes for a particular reason (which I can’t really remember anymore), so I didn’t think I would have a desire to change my mind. Curiosity got the best of me, as always, and I decided to check out this other route just to see.
Then, something happened. Something I can’t fully describe in words. It was a feeling deep inside me. As I read through the new list of countries, I started to picture myself in those places. I saw faces of people that I was going to meet. I saw situations play out in my mind that I was going to encounter in the future. It all happened very briefly, a matter of milliseconds.
So I did what seemed right at the time, I blew the whole thing off. Thought to myself, I’ll just stay on my route. I didn’t see the point in moving. After all, the big decision was to go on the WR. The countries I got to go to would just be the cherry on top, right?
Wrong.
For the next 24 hours, I went back and forth. I got to the point where I could give a good argument either way. I didn’t have a reason to switch routes, and I didn’t have a reason to not switch routes. I just knew every time I decided to not switch, I would get sad. I was missing something I hadn’t experience yet. Yet, at the same time, I was anxious that there was going to be something I would always be missing if I didn’t switch.
I write all this to say one thing: No matter the decision I made in this case, I knew that my life was going to be forever changed in this experience. The difference now is I also know there is a reason I am going to these specific countries. To quote a quote: I may not know what the future holds, but I do know Who holds my future.
There’s this verse in Proverbs which says to trust in the Lord with all your heart, don’t depend on your own understanding, and He will direct you. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know that verse. And now, I can’t remember a time before this when these particular words haven’t echoed so loudly in my head.
