It has been 6 weeks since I stepped back onto American soil after doing missions overseas for 11 months. Man. Time is flying.
- I have experienced Chik-Fil-A.
- I have drank my weight in coffee.
- I have taken many hot showers.
- I have used a washer and dryer.
- I have had many clothing options to choose from, yet I still choose a T-shirt and shorts.
- I have gotten to see many beautiful familiar faces, friends and family.
Coming back to America was the easy part.
The hard part was getting that dreaded question of……"What's next??"
While it is a super valid question, it's not something that I really had an answer too, which I was cool with. I thought that I would be hanging out at home for a bit. God had told me that I would invest in the church that I had been going to for a few years.That I would be building relationships with people and just loving them. He told me that I would be involved with the youth group in some way. I was stoked and honored that this was what He wanted for me. Shoot, I had dreams about it for like the last 4 months of the race, but after being home for about 4 weeks, I started to feel that maybe I had heard wrong, which is ok, but if I had heard wrong then where did He want me? And if He had told me all of these things, then what did He mean?
Well—-here is what He meant. When God tells us something, we expect it to look a certain way only to find that it doesn't. I was stoked to settle down and love on people there. Ya know. Build community. I was excited to be a part of the youth group and a part of the church. Ha. Little did I know, God's vision of this was completely different than mine.
See….what He meant, was that where ever He is, is where Home is. Where ever He is, is where the church is. Where ever He is, is where the community is. Where ever He is, is where Love is. Whew. He began to tell me that I would be loving on these people. That I would be building community. That I would be a part of life there.
Just not in a physical state.
My mind was absolutely blown when He said this. Again….our expectations of what God looks like and who He is is far greater than we could ever imagine. We have NO clue. None.
So….what does all of this mean???
I am excited and honored to inform all of my readers, fellow racers, friends, and family that I will be moving to Georgia in September. I will continue to be a part of the AIM family and community pursuing the Kingdom. I will be involved with what is called: CGA– Center for Global Action.
CGA is part of AIM. It is an apprenticeship/internship/discipleship program. There are 3 tracks that are available: Leadership, Worship, and Storytelling. I have chosen the Leadership track, which will prepare, develop, and further equip me for walking out my calling in life. I will have the opportunity to lead squads and just love on them. Long-term, I want to open a coffee shop in a college town and love on college students.
Now comes the fun part—–it's not free. This is something that I will have to fundraise for as well. It will be $450 a month for 8 months which = $3600. If 25 people commit to $18 a month, then that's all I would need! I have to have the first 2 months raised before I go, and I am already at $386. Yay!!! I would be more than willing to talk to anyone more about this, you can just shoot me an email, or Facebook message me. If you feel led to support me financially, you can donate through my world race account; emmalycarney.theworldrace.org. Find the support me link and just follow the steps. Also, prayers are always, always, graciously accepted and appreciated.
All I am asking is for you to believe in me and the Jesus in me.
