December kinda felt like month 12 of my race. I was home for most of December then off again in January. It felt normal to being traveling at the beginning of a new month. It’ll be odd once I hit the point of staying in the same place for longer than a month. For 15 days I was in Georgia and Tennessee. I went down to Georgia for Project Search Light (PSL). Which is pretty much the wrapping up of my World Race journey. During this time I caught up with squad mates, was empowered, took time to sit with the Lord, figured out my values, and started a web of passions and desires the Lord has place on my heart.
After PSL I stayed in Georgia a little longer for a church planting training. It was very informative and an encouraging time. I then headed off to Tennessee, by bus, to meet up with some friends for a couple days before heading home. After a good time with friends I got on a 3am bus headed back to Indiana. (I was debating wether I wanted to title this blog Home because I wasn’t sure what that meant to me anymore. But honestly Indiana, where my people are, will always be home to me. No matter how far I travel or where I live, when someone ask me about Home I’ll tell them about the corn fields, mid west quirks, and my people.)
Well now that I’m home I bet your wondering what I’ll be doing, I know I am. I thought that after the race God and I would have a big announcement about my next adventure. I thought it’d be an announcement that would wow and amaze people. But as the end of my race came the words I got from the Lord were a little unexpected. He told me to wait. I was cool with that, at the time. I still had two months left on the WR so I assumed if I was obedient in waiting I’d have something more by the time I was headed back to the states. Well the Lord spoke more into what He meant by wait. He was reveling to me that as He gives me this time of waiting I am not to sit around and waste time but He purposely carved out this time for Him and I. God knows I’m a planer and that if I had a direction to go I would be planing out each step. But since I didn’t have a certain direction it took away the planning and gave me space with Him. He is teaching me to slow down and take each step intentionally with Him.
So that is what I am doing. I don’t have this “big wowing” announcement I was once hoping for but, honesty I am thankful for that. Instead I am living at home with my parents, I am sharing a bathroom with my 3 teenage brothers, I am sleeping in and staying up late, I am driving an hour randomly to see my beautiful friends, I am doing crafts with my little sister, watching movies with my brother, keeping up on a TV show with my mom, I am where I am and accepting this time of blessing to just be. Simply put, I am investing in the people the Lord has placed around me and embracing this time He has given me to just be.
If your curious about the desires and passion the Lord has placed on my heart and what He has done this past year I would love to meet up with you! Shoot me a Facebook message or an email at [email protected]. I would also love to hear about your passions and how God is working in your life! Seriously I’d Love to talk with you!
Also on Sunday December 16 I was given the opportunity to speak at Albion Wesleyan Church. Check out the video below to hear what the Lord placed on my heart to share!
