Hello friends! Welcome to my World Race blog. Throughout the summer and on my trip I will be posting weekly or more so subscribe to stay updated with everything I’m doing! Today I’m going to be answering some questions you all might be having such as “what is the world race?” “why are you going on the world race?” “what about school?” “what about your life here?”
First off “What is the World Race?”
The World Race gap year is a nine month mission trip. I will be going to South Africa, Ecuador, and Cambodia! I could be teaching English to children, helping with school work, interacting with children and adults in sports and other games, serving in hospitals, or in elderly homes, doing whatever is needed to assist the people there while also sharing the love of Jesus!
“why are you going on the World Race?”
So I decided to go on the world race because I feel like God has just really put it on my heart. These past couple of months have been crazy. I have gone through so much so this has really been a season of change and growth. I have been going through school, working, and just everyday life, but I’ve felt like something was missing. I have had this feeling of more. I WANT to do more. I NEED to do more.. Then one night the world race was really on my mind so I looked it up to get the details and see what it was all about. Then I saw that the application deadline had been pushed back. My heart dropped because then it became a possibility that I would go this year. The next couple of days I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I prayed and prayed and I was feeling so convicted about needing to apply. so I did. Then I prayed that I wouldn’t be accepted because I didn’t want to leave everything behind. Then I started praying that he would send me because I don’t need to be scared to follow the calling he has set for me. About a week after I applied I got the call, I had been accepted to the world race and man I started crying with the lady on the phone. I get to abandon my daily life, my comfort zone, to go and do what God has been calling me to do. I can not tell you the peace I have been feeling after I decided to go. This is going to be a challenging year for me but I’m so stoked to see my relationship with God to grow deeper.
Now about college….
Oof.. Even though sometimes I want to, I am not quitting. My dad would kill me but also I still want to graduate college with a nursing degree. God is just putting those plans on hold for a couple of months. I plan on returning to college when I get home from the World Race!
As for my family,
I was completely wrecked. I am going to miss everyone so much. My parents siblings, niece, and friends. This was the biggest reason I was scared to leave. I don’t go two days without seeing my mom or calling her for no reason but now I have to go nine months! Man the Lord has just really granted me peace about this. I am confident in leaving and running towards something greater.
I am extremely grateful to be given to opportunity to minister to others. Please continue to support me in this process with prayer and if you’d like to donate the link is on my homepage. Follow along to stay updated!
love,
courtlan
