My World Race Advisor encouraged me to start my first blog, so here we go! I have begun to feel pressure. Pressure from knowing I will have to do my part to participate on the Race, pressure from some situations surrounding my life at the moment, and pressure knowing that so much about the World Race is completely out of my Comfort Zone. People who know me well, know that I can be timid, and it takes me some time to open up to people. Thus blogging is out of my Comfort Zone!
I love my Comfort Zone. It’s the Zone that makes me happy and reassures me that everything in my life is under control and ok! Like I said, I am naturally timid, so my Comfort Zone can be pretty big at times! However, I know that God is calling me to come OUT of my Comfort Zone. For about these past two years, God has been helping me to grow in Him, and as an individual. By God’s grace, I’m not as selfish, or as scared as I use to be of other people only two years ago. Joshua 1:9 states: “Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” What God thinks of me matters way more than the scary situations, or what other people might think of me.
Their were several different factors involved in me deciding to join the World Race. One of my life goals is to use teaching English as a Second Language to help me in mission work. I have a 150 hour credit Course for Teaching English to Young Learners. I also hope to get a CELTA at some point, which is a more intense and hands-on degree for Teaching English as a Second Language. The World Race stood out so much since I am not sure exactly where God wants me to be a missionary to. I learned from youtube and the World Race website that their would be a variety of different ministries to help out with on the World Race, and several of those opportunities included teaching English! I am also hoping to have a first-hand experience of what it is like to be a Christian in places where being a Christian is not so easy.
I am nervous about leaving my Comfort Zone, but I am excited to see how leaving this Zone will help to advance God’s Kingdom!
