Expectations of my Missions Trip:
What will I see overseas? I don’t know. A lot I am guessing. A lot that I’m sure I cannot even fathom at this point. My expectations have a lot to do with what I have heard and read about from the many blogs that World Racers such as myself have posted.
-My biggest expectation is to be moved. Not only by the people I am traveling with and the countless people I will meet overseas but by God.
-I expect that He is going to lead me on a path of self discovery and ignite in me an unquenchable passion for life and for love that will continue on in my life when I get home.
-I expect that my life and all of my beliefs will be called into question and that I will be required to step into the limelight more than I ever have before. That I will be forced to be rid of my selfish tendencies of feeling inadequate and that I will be made whole in His purposes.
-I expect to overcome fear, sadness, sickness, poverty, injustices and my own self imposed limitations.
-I expect to work hard not only on myself but on others.
-I expect to love others more than I ever have before.
-I expect to be broken. Broken down as a person and also that my heart will be broken for the many people who I will see suffering.
-I expect to have fun. I expect that the people I will be racing with will be some of the best the world has to offer and that there will be tears of joy alongside those of sadness.
-I expect to get sick at least once. From everything I have heard and from the many missionaries I have talked to getting sick is not rare. I expect to be keeling over with some kind of sickness at some point.
-I expect to endure physical discomfort more than I ever have before.
-I expect to return home with a new perspective on success and happiness that is different from the traditional American Dream.
-I expect to bring those I meet overseas as well as friends and family here at home closer to God.
-I expect that my trip will inspire and ignite passion in others to follow God.
-I expect to come home in the best physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health of my life.
-I expect you to keep reading and find out what really happens… 🙂
