This exact time two years ago I was obsessing about this crazy trip called the world race. This exact time last year I was stressing about how I was going to raise enough money to go on this trip. Now today I am packed, ready to go and getting on a plane to start my journey.
With tears streaming my eyes and a heart filled with wonder I can’t help but thank you all once again for tuning along to my journey so far. I am so blessed to have such supportive parents, friends, co workers, peers, family and teachers. You guys have been my rock, my joy, my help, and my community that I have needed to get here today. Thank you thank you thank you!!
I am so excited to start this journey and go see where God takes me. I am not scared. I am not worried. I am not sad. I am filled to the brim. I have a backpack that probably has too much stuff and a mind that has no idea what it is doing. I am overwhelmed with awe and joy and I can’t wait to start this journey.
It’s weird knowing that I will miss every holiday, birthday, and the ups and downs of my family and friends back home… but I have to trust Gods plans for me. And I do.
I don’t know what I am going to face in India, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, or Ecuador. I don’t know what I will be doing. I don’t know where I will be going. I don’t know if I will be robbed. I don’t know if I will be hospitalized. I don’t know if I will see someone die. I don’t know if I will watch someone being abused and not be able to help. I don’t know the amount of brokenness I am about to face or struggles I will have to overcome.
But
I do know that God is greater than the fears of the unknown because he knows where I am going. God knows what i will be doing. God knows the struggles I will face and he won’t leave me, he will stand beside me. God will equip me to preach, to heal, to help, to comfort, to love, to understand, to build, to learn, and to be capable of anything thrown at me. No amount of brokenness is too big for God to overcome. No amount of fear is too big for God to overcome. No amount of pain is too big for God to overcome. God is bigger than everything I am about to face. Everything. All of it.
I am walking into this journey with a heart open to Gods will and a blindfold over my eyes. God is asking me to trust him. So here I am. Saying yes. Trusting his will.
Here I go. Spreading my wings… learning to fly. Goodbye Nebraska… I’ll see you next year 🙂
~~~~PRAYER REQUESTS~~~~
-My Big Pack is SO HEAVY. I have a really bad back so please pray for healing and strength!!
-Pray for us as we arrive into India. India was hit very hard by the recent hurricane and it is riddled with hurt and destruction right now. India is also filled with a ton of spiritual warfare and pain. Pray for safety, wisdom, and health!
-Pray for God to enter all of our hearts and to give us the peace and guidance and health we need!
As always, thank you for following along and joining me in this! I love you all! Next time I talk to y’all I will be ON THE RACE!! 🙂
