A year ago, I had just graduated from college, and my only plan was to find a job, and do this thing called “The World Race.” The following is an over view of my personal reflection on this last year:
- I got a great job in Dallas for a few months while I raised support, and tried to convince myself that I wasn’t crazy for signing up for the Race.
- Then I spent way too much time worrying about what I was going to pack, and then I left for the race.
Since then I have been able to…
- See the Indian Ocean
- Jump off part of Victoria Falls
- White Water Raft the Zambezi
- Climb over the great ruins of Anchor Wat
- Hike part of the Great Wall of China
In our work, I have been able to…
- Care for Swazi and Cambodian orphans
- Share the gospel in the prisons of Botswana
- Teach English to “Bar” girls in Thailand
- Make friends on the street in China
I have been able to see…
- The church all around the World
- God’s love for his children
- God free captive men
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I have learned…
- That God is provider
- That we are in a battle that we are equipped to fight
- That a life of freedom, power, love, and miracles is for us as believers
Sometimes I still struggle…
· I don’t get to see my family
· I miss feeling clean and pretty
· I feel more alone than I have every felt in my entire life
· I don’t know what country I will be in two months, and I don’t know what I am going to do in four months when the race is over
· Sometimes I am overwhelmed by all the pain I see in the world
This last year of my life hasn’t been easy. Through community, being sick all the time, not having a steady home, wearing the same clothes everyday, cold showers, seeing the hurt of the world, and I am sure a lot of other things like too much rice and demons, God has brought a lot of crap to the surface of my life. But through bringing it to the surface, He has healed me.
People I meet tell me that they could never do what I am doing, but I always say that I think they could. I’m not exceptional, I wake up, I breathe, and I keep walking (usually forward.) Some days I don’t think I can follow Jesus anymore because it hurts, but on those days the Lord just takes my hand and ask me to keep walking.
Looking back at this last year, I am amazed at what the Lord has done. I can’t believe that this is my life, I can’t believe that I get to see Him do what He has done.
Looking forward into next year, I don’t know what the year holds, but I have an idea that God wants to show up even greater than He did this year. I know He has so much more for me, and for this world.
This last year, I have learned that there is a lot I don’t understand about the world. I have learned that I really don’t know anything at all, but this I do know, God is everything. He is worth following with everything you have.
