Hey Supporters! I want to update you on everything that’s been happening (and not happening) since my last post! Once again, I have been wanting to write this blog for a few days now, but just couldn’t quite figure out how to express my thoughts and emotions in words. Please bear with me as I try!
My house: As most of you know, I have been trying to sell my house before I launch for the World Race in January. A few days after training camp, I got an offer on my house! {applause, applause!} But unfortunately, after a month under contract, the buyer had problems and it didn’t go through. {sad face} Therefore, my house is currently back on the market and waiting for someone to realize how great it is!
One of the top questions I hear is, what will you do if your house doesn’t sell? I’m actually beginning to like this question. The reason I like it is because God started whispering to me a few months ago, “Will you still follow Me?” Wow. Will I still follow Him? Will I risk everything…my future, my reputation…all of it, to follow this God who is supposed to take care of me? Before I answer that, let me take you back to one night during worship at training camp. The lyrics of the song included the words “no turning back” and I was suddenly overwhelmed with the need to write my thoughts on paper. Here is what I wrote: “No turning back. Do you mean that? When you decided to follow Him and choose obedience…remember that decision. When things get hard and the road looks uneasy, remember how much He loves you and all His promises He gave you. No turning back.” I understand that this decision may seem nuts to some people, and this lifestyle of selling everything to chase after Him sounds pretty crazy. But I want you to see my heart — that I don’t want what this world has to offer unless it is ordained by the Father Himself. I would rather Him write every tomorrow than to remain stuck on a choice I made yesterday.
So the answer is YES. My situation may look as if God has not shown up. {ahem} He never left in the first place! There will be a lot of questions that I will probably never know the answer to in this lifetime. I may never understand why my journey to the World Race looked this way. I might question my decisions for a while to come. But one thing I rest on is that this whole big idea wasn’t mine in the first place. The God that wants me to minister to the nations is the same God that sees my current situation! My squad mentor recently reminded us that we serve God, not our circumstances. Sometimes our mountains get so big that it’s the only thing we can see. Right now, I am choosing to look at my faith, not my mountain.
Fundraising Update: I am so excited that I’m only $509 away from my next goal of $10,000! {sometimes that bar at the top of my page doesn’t reflect the actual amount until all transactions can process} My deadline is just 4 days away. If you’re feeling extra cheerful this Christmas season would you consider an extra $10 donation toward my World Race fund? If not $10, how about $5? And if not $5, what about $1? My point is, every single amount counts! I recently had a donor give me everything in her purse at that moment and to her it wasn’t a lot, but to me it was everything! I will never forget how eager she was to support me!
Tomorrow marks just 4 weeks until launch! My squad will meet in Atlanta on January 12th for more training and then we are off to Australia on January 16th! I still can’t believe it is so close! Will you pray for me and my squad as we continue to prepare? Pray specifically for guidance and direction as I keep pursuing the voice of God. Pray for my parents and family as we spend these last few weeks together. May it be a time of JOY and not anticipation of sadness. Thank you, times a thousand, for your continued love and support and comments and questions. I have truly been feeling all the love! I pray that the most blessed peace that only Jesus can bring falls on you and your loved ones this Christmas season.
