Hey Guys!!! I am really happy that I got the chance to introduce myself to you all and tell you all a little but about myself. My exception to World Race has made my dreams come true. I never in a million billion years would have thought that this sort of thing would be happening to me. I have looked at trips like this in the past but nothing on this level and something that is always way to out of my price range. Ever since I was a little girl college was always something that I planned on doing straight out of high school. You either went to college or you didn’t, there wasn’t any other options for me. The concept of a Gap Year wasn’t even in my mind.
Last year I was in band with a girl named Lizzy. I had had a few conversations with her mostly about band and our music and not much else. One day she asked our band teacher if she could make an announcement that she wanted to make. She got up in front of our band class and told us that she was selling t-shirts because she was going on a mission trip next year for nine months. This sounded amazing to me. Through out the year I got to know her better and we became friends. I would always ask her about her trip and what it was all about but I never really considered it as a serious option for my future. College was still the only way for me. One day during the summer time after school had ended I saw her in the downtown area of my city with one of my friends. We went up to her and said hi and then our topic of discussion got to her mission trip. As our conversation was ending I decided to ask her what organization she was doing her mission trip through and she answered Adventures in Missions. I had been searching for an opportunity like this for four year and finally one had come my way. It was amazing how God had put this girl into my life so I could follow the same path as she.
Now many people may look at Gap Years like a waste of time and I could say that I looked at them the same way at one time but everyone grows in different ways. I feel that by going on this trip I am going to be able to embrace a whole other side to myself that I wouldn’t have been able to accept if I had went to college. I have had many people tell me to wait to take this trip until after I have graduated college but I that this is the perfect time to take the trip. When will I ever be more free and more willing to let go than now. God is taking ahold of my life in a way that he never has before and I am scared but I am ready.
Most days I can’t even find the words to express how I am feeling. Lately I have been feeling anxious about all this fundraising. Luckily I have been blessed with such a supportive team, I know that I cannot fail with them. I pray for them to be strong and determined just as I am trying to be. I know that God is with me on this journey. I am so PUMPED!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOP WHOOP
