I consider myself very lucky when it comes to the topic of travel. I could fly before I could walk and it wasn't until high school that I realized that not everyone is born with a passport. This past March I made it to all 6 continents (not including Antarctica) and found my personal victory quite satisfying.
I first fell in love with traveling at the age of 15 when I went to Sydney Australia with my choir. We were there for the Sydney Music Festival and we stayed with host families. By living alongside the locals and being involved with their lives, I realized how much the world has to offer and how many different people, cultures, and places there are to see and experience.
When I graduated college I had no idea what I was going to do. Don't get me wrong, I had a plan; a great plan, but God led otherwise and now I'm glad He did. I spent the first 3 months as a new college grad hanging out in Hyderbad, India. If you had told me that this is what I was going to do after getting a Bachelors of Science in Economics, I woulda told you that you were crazy. I probably would have asked you if the outcome would remain the same if I switched majors. Please God, anything but India!
Following God has a way of making our lives crazy in the eyes of the world and I was pretty sure I was going crazy.
Looking back it seemed like a foolish thing to do; to travel halfway across the world not knowing what I would find when I landed. But as usual, God had a plan and to this day, I am ever thankful for the experiences that living in India has taught me.
For one thing, it taught me what it really meant to love the least of these, to sit alongside the widows and hear their heart wrenching stories, and to play with the seemingly normal orphans rescued from the depths of human trafficking hell.
By living and working in India, God birthed in me a complacency; a deep seeded unrest that all is not right with the world. And not just that, but that I was called to be a part of the change. I was called to be the church and to bring light into all the broken people and places. He slowly prepared me for the work I am about to step into.
I have no idea what this upcoming year will look like but I am excited to see what God has in store. Some days I sit in my room and think to myself, am I going crazy? What am I doing with my life?? But then I'm reminded that heeding God's call is better than looking normal to this world.
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