Hello everyone!
Thank you for checking out my page! This will be the first of many posts on here so, please feel free to subscribe so you can come along side me on this incredible journey I have been called to be on. I want to tell you a little bit about who I am and how I have been called to be on the World Race!
My calling for going into missions happened in 2010 when I went on my very first mission trip with my mom on an all women’s team to Kenya Africa. I fell in love with waking up everyday knowing we were going to be serving God in the local community and making a difference whether it was going to be big or small. I felt God put a passion in me on that last day of the trip and tell me that I was going to keep doing missions work. Right then and there, I knew I wanted to keep doing missions work throughout my lifetime. Over the years, I have been so blessed to have gone on many missions trips around the world. I have been able to serve in Africa, Mexico, Montana, and Japan by the faithfulness of God allowing me to continue to serve Him in any way I can. God is so good!!
About 6 or so years ago, I heard about the World Race through my mom who had a friend who went on it. When my mom was telling me about it, I felt my heart start to race and excitement in me started to build on the hope that I might be able to do the race one day. I always had it in the back of my mind throughout those years and would keep praying and asking if God wants me to go. A couple of weeks ago I got a nudge from God. It was after I had missed deadlines on getting into Physical Therapy programs when I thought school was going to be my next step. I looked into any and all programs I was interested in; even outside of therapy. However, what I came to find was that every single program’s application deadline had passed. Every. Last. One. Of. Them. God had literally shut every door to school for me. Part of it was my fault for not looking into the programs earlier, but I knew God was trying to tell me something when I couldn’t find a single one! The day after I found out I had missed every deadline, the World Race came back into my mind full force. I prayed about it and decided I would just send in the application and see what would happen. The next few days that followed, I was praying so hard for Him to give me a sign that I should go or to close the door if it isn’t His will. He kept showing me “Go!” in so many different forms. (If you want the crazy stories how He was telling/showing me that, just ask (: ). And lo and behold, exactly one week after I had submitted my application I received the call saying I was going to be a World Racer! I was excited, nervous, scared, ready, joyful, thankful, good jittery, and basically every emotion you can feel knowing God is directing you into something lifechanging.
This whole process has been happening so fast and I couldn’t be more excited to see what God is going to do through me and my team!
For a quick overview: through the World Race, my team and I will be serving in partnership with local churches and ministries to preach the Gospel, plant churches, work in orphanages, minister to women and children trapped in prostitution because of human trafficking and bring hope of the Father’s love to many tribes and nations. For me specifically, my mission field will be Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, India, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Zambia.
I am so thankful for all of the encouragement I have been receiving from my friends, family, and co-workers! It has made this process so positive and exciting knowing I have a great support system around me. The greatest way YOU can be a support for me is by keeping me in your prayers as I prepare and head off on the race! Also, if you know me well, it’s hard for me to ask people for support financially. I am the type of person who likes to be able to pay for my own things and not ask for help. However, as you can see, I need to raise a lot in order for me to go on the World Race. $19,200 to be exact. Even if I put every last spare penny I earn towards this trip, I cannot do it alone. I am in complete surrender and believing God will provide! If you feel led to give financially towards my trip, I will be so incredibly grateful! ANY amount helps.
Thank you so much for reading this! I hope you got to know more about my heart and journey so far. I love you all!
God bless!
Isabel
