The World Race. 11 Countries in 11 Months. Serving in a variety of different ways. I will be traveling with a squad of around 50 people split up into teams of around 6 people spreading the name of Christ.
Deciding to go on this World Race was not the hardest thing. I prayed about this decision, I felt called to The World Race, not exactly sure why, but I was confident I was called. I told my closest family and friends. I paid my down payment. Then I stopped.
I stopped remembering why I had decided to go and started coming up with every reason not to go.
1. That’s a heck of a lot of money to raise. I am not comfortable asking people for money. I don’t want to go through the fundraising process.
2. I love my family. Even though my family lives all over the country, I constantly talk with them and keep in touch. I see them on the holidays. I call my Mom and Dad multiple times a week. I have a niece and nephew who are going to grow so much over the next year.
3. I love my friends, both near and far. I have best friends in Colorado, Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. While I can’t see them all the time, I have the ability to easily visit them, talk to them, keep up with them.
4. I love my job. I work with awesome people, I mean truly awesome, AND have the privilege of helping people everyday.
5. I love my church. I have enjoyed getting plugged into my church, having a regular spot to sit each week with people I love, hanging out with the kids, lunch after church each Sunday, being part of a community.
6. I love Colorado. I don’t want to move away from the mountains. It’s beautiful out here!!
7. Ultimately, I am very comfortable.
And that is where the problem lies. I am comfortable. Following Christ is not a comfortable thing to do. We are called to take up our cross daily, not sit on the sidelines. God is calling me out of my comfort zone. Of course, I can glorify God in Colorado Springs and keep all of these things I love close by, but God is calling me elsewhere. He is calling me closer to Him and using The World Race to do so. I have days where I am excited, but there are far more days where I have doubts and wander if this is something I really should do. I remind myself that God is calling me to this, therefore I will obey, and I know I will see Him glorified in my life and the lives of those around me.
