How this adventure started:
In April 2014 I had a lot of questions about the season of life I was in. At the age of 23 it seemed like everyone around me was getting married and having babies. Seeing all of this happening and then look at my life, I stared this conversation with God. It’s really more one sided, but I needed to get it all out and He’s always there listening so I just started talking.
“So I’m 23. When I was little and imagining my life at this age I was married. What the heck?? It seems everyone around me is getting married, having babies and really stepping into adulthood, but not me. Don’t get me wrong I love my life. I love being single.”
A good friend tells me often that I am the most content single person she has ever met and it’s amazing. That choice is my own, but I also haven’t met anyone truly worth my time. I know what I want and I know what I deserve and I will not settle. So until that time I am completely at peace with it being just me and God and falling more in love with Him daily and learning who He made me to be.
“I do have a desire to get married. I would love that! I can’t wait to have a husband and a huge family (I want a lot of kids). But that desire is so far from what I want right now and I don’t know why. I don’t know what to do but there has to be more.”
Looking at my life and assessing this overwhelming sense of peace at being single had me so curious and the contentedness, with no plans or desires of changing anytime soon, got me asking questions that can sometimes be scary to ask because of how crazy the answers can be, but I just had to know.
“Why do I feel this way God? What is up with this crazy peace I have with it just being You and me? What else do I need to learn about You and who I am in You? How else do I need to grow? Who else do I need to love? What more do You have for me that I need to accomplish and learn while it’s just You and me?”
And so began the waiting. Everyday that passed I thought about these questions and wondered what the next chapter of my life would look like. Thankfully I only had to wait about 2 weeks before God answered my question in a very strange way.
I was scrolling through Facebook and saw a picture that a friend had liked. So naturally I shared the picture, not looking at who it was originally from (The World Race). A lady from my church commented “Hannah, you should do The World Race!” So I started looking into it. I went to their website and started reading what they believe and what they do. The more I read, the more I fell in love. I had so many tabs open on my laptop because I was reading every single link they had on their website! I wanted to know EVERYTHING. As I was reading I got more and more excited and knew that this was the ‘more’ that I had asked God about. This was the next chapter in my life. I was to take the biggest leap of faith I have ever taken and say “Yes God. I will go. Send me.” And I am so glad I did. It seems like a dream, unreal, that I will be leaving for 11 months. There is so much that can happen in one year! Stepping into the unknown can be overwhelming and scary and full of fear, but when you’re stepping into the unknown hand in hand with the Creator, the One who formed you, the One who called you to step out in faith, the unknown suddenly seems to get a whole lot more peaceful and doable.
