During all the craziness of World Race Gap Year, I find myself often singing “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders, let me walk upon the waters, wherever You would call me,” in my head all day!! I know that this is where God is leading me!!
Alright, let me first explain to all my friends, family, and anyone who has stumbled upon this blog, what World Race Gap Year is. So if you are a racer or already familiar with this organization, I’ll see you next paragraph!! To start, World Race Gap Year is more than a mission trip. That is kind of their statement as you might say, but it rings so much truth. This is not only a journey across the world but also a spiritual journey. (You can find TONS of probably better-explained information on their website, so I’m just going to give a quick rundown of what it means to me personally.) The Gap Year program leaves every September, taking young adults ages 18-20 (18 when we leave) to different routes everywhere. The route I am going on will be to Romania, India, and Costa Rica. We will spend 3 months in each country, so if you see the hashtag #3n9 you now know what it means. My route is labeled Route 5 and I chose Route 5 because I was really interested in traveling to India-(and look at the different cultures of this route, like seriously I’m getting a taste of everything!!) In each country we will be partnering with different mission organizations to help serve the people there and build relationships. I will be blogging and posting updates throughout this trip so subscribe and stay tuned for more information!!
This past year has been jammed full of stress about where my future lies. I was touring multiple college campuses and trying to plan out every single detail about my life. (foreshadowing how God’s plan is always GREATER!) This past summer I was first introduced to World Race Gap Year through social media and something stirred within me. I brushed it off, like “There’s no way this is an option for me!” “I’m going straight to college that is what I am supposed to do!” “There’s no way I could afford this!” “What would people think/say?” and the list could go on with the excuses I made. Senior year I grew closer to God and was really living my best life. I got accepted into the college I planned on attending and knew I should be content, but I wasn’t. WRGY popped into my mind once again. This time I could not brush it off. I started praying and asking God is this seriously something he had planned for me? I finally decided what’s the harm in applying. After literally sharing my heart with this organization through an online application and phone interview, I was accepted! Before choosing my route and making the final decision, I got a few second opinions on embarking on this journey. Everyone assured me that college would still be there when I got back and that this is the opportunity of a lifetime! With multiple people praying over my choice I finalized my decision and am now at this point!!
Okay so now to the information everyyyyone was wondering-How will I fund this trip? The cost at the top of this blog covers everything surrounding this trip-the flying, lodging, insurance, food, and etc. I have to fundraise for the goal! I will be selling t-shirts soon and have different little fundraisers y’all can participate in, or if you are led to just donate it would be SOOO appreciated literally every little bit matters and is eventually going to send me to share the love of Jesus with the nations!!!!
Psalms 96:3!!!!!!!!
I don’t really know if this blog was the acceptable length or not- but I know I will soon get better at blogging as the time passes! One thing I do know is that it was super hard to not end every sentence with “!!!”
