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For the past 2 months (actually a bit longer), I have successfully managed to wear these shirts and only these shirts every day.  It might actually be weird wearing other clothes on the Race!
 
 

For the past 2 months, I’ve also successfully managed to blog 4-5 days a week.  Crazy, I know!  I started blogging more frequently after our Training Camp back in May.  I went to this mini blogging session/seminar thing Matt Snyder led-which if you haven’t read some of his blogs, you really should-and he talked about how he tries to blog 4-5 days a week.  I remember thinking, that’s nuts!  Going into this, I liked the blogs and reading stories from various Racers and all, but I have a hard enough time trying to think of what to write in an email-there’s no way this blogging thing was going to be for me.  I made it a personal goal for myself after camp to start blogging more.  I wanted to try to get as close to that 4-5 days a week as I could so I could get comfortable with being true, honest, raw, and simply sharing my life with whoever the heck wants to read it.  I’ve never been one to be very open with sharing emotions and such even in person…how would I possibly share anything online?  What I’ve come to realize over these past months though is that it does come naturally.  I’ve forced myself to do it and now, half the things in my life I respond to by saying, “I should write a blog about that…”

This entire blogging thing really is pretty cool.  It’s helped me process through a lot of what I experience on a daily basis as I pushed myself to write more and was looking for things to write about.  It’s provided me with an avenue to share my faith, beliefs, and views with others and given me a security net of communication heading out into the Race.

With all that being said though, I’ve been having a harder time blogging as I get closer and closer to departure.  Everything lately is emotions with me and well, I don’t even know how to put that into a coherent blog.  I’m going to attempt though.  I’m going to attempt with series of lists…I haven’t done a list in awhile. 

11 emotions I’m currently feeling-excitement, submission, anticipation, awe, hope, mystery, wonder, captivated, ecstatic, grateful, ALIVE
 

10 Reasons I’m Excited for the World Race

  1. To get to know some amazing men & women of God
  2. To continue the process of self-discovery
  3. To learn the things that break God’s heart
  4. To have my heart break for the things that break His
  5. To daily live in a place of faith & trust
  6. To learn what my “needs” really are
  7. To discern my place in this world
  8. To start seeing the world and those in it through His eyes
  9. To be the hands & feet of Christ in this broken world
  10. To abandon my will in order to pursue His

9 ways God has blessed me
Through the friends He’s sent me
Through the family He’s given me
Through the supporters He’s provided me
Through the beauty of this world He shows me
Through the talents & passions He’s given me
Through the love He lavishes upon me
Through the second chances He’s given me
Through the strength and courage He gives me
Through this life He’s given me

8 luxuries I’m leaving behind-the new season of House, air condition, the penguin I sleep with (who’s been to almost as many countries as I have!), my best friend’s wedding (literally, not the movie), the couch that I sleep on, privacy, Internet, cheesecake

7 holidays I’ll spend with my new family-Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, my birthday, New Year’s, Labor Day, Memorial Day

6 blogs you should keep up with

Ashley Higgins
Ashley Weaver
Denise Murphy
Michael Murphy
Lindsay Nelson
Paul Iwanaga