Well I’ve never actually written a blog before, so apologies if I’m doing this wrong, but it says the about me page so I guess that’s where I’ll start
I am an (almost) 21 year old tomboy who grew up in a Christian family but met Jesus for real for the first time at 14. Went through a lot of trials and found out that being Christian doesn’t necessarily keep you from breaking, but God was always there to pull me back together.
I’ve been on a few missions trip previous to this trip, spent about a month each in Trinidad, Peru, and Cambodia, and I’ve seen God do absolutely amazing things. I’ve seen lame men walking, and broken souls brought to Christ, hurting children who’s lives were radically changed by His love, I’ve seen His incredible provision time and time again when His people were in need and had to rely on Him. I’ve seen His hand of protection over me and my teams, from near misses in crazy Peruvian traffic (By near, I mean approximately an inch away from being hit by an out of control bus), to safety in dangerous areas and countries, to healing and protection for a collapsed team member in the middle of the hot amazon jungle, to the saving of our translator’s life when he got run over (by himself… long story), and to spiritual protection when it seemed that my whole team was under attack. I learned that we serve an awesome God, and that the problems and trials and mountains and fears that we think are so big and hard to handle are easy to Him.
I’ve felt God’s call to missions since I was young, I knew in my heart that that was what He designed me for and that was where He was going to take me, and the few trips He had brought me on already reaffirmed this for me. So when a friend told me about World Race for the first time I was so excited, I mean, travelling the world, bringing the gospel, ministering however and wherever the Spirit leads? It’s literally the dream!!! I didn’t want to jump into anything that I wasn’t supposed to be doing or rush God’s timing though, so I waited and I prayed about it and sought God’s will for about a month. A few days before the deadline (Seems that the Lord never gives me any advance notice), I got the green light and I signed up. By the grace of God I was accepted and now here I am, nervous and excited and with what seems like mountains to move just to get to where I need to be in January, but confident that my God is in control and He will provide.
The trip will be eleven months and during that time we will be travelling to eleven different countries on three different continents, our team has no set parameters for where in the countries we will be or set plans for what we are doing in each place. It’s called the fusion route and what that means is that we pray and are led by the Spirit to wherever God calls us and to do whatever he calls us to. In some places we may be doing carpentry, in others children’s ministries, biblestudy, evangelism, prayer, and on and on however the spirit leads. The idea is that instead of trying to fit God into a box of our design, we are being open and available for His planning and His timing. Please pray for us as we go, to be open and sensitive to the Lord’s leading and for protection and provision as we go.
Thank you all for your prayers and your support!
God bless 🙂
