Adventures WorldRace SethBarnes Sponsorship Giving

| by archiveworldraceblogs

I feel like I need to be real with all of you. I am scared about this trip. I decided to try and give you a list of things that I the most afraid of now at the start of this thing. BUt I also want everyone to know that I am extremely excited about how God is going to change this world this next year. And me too.  So without further ado–

10) Getting accosted by a stranger or needing to protect my teammates from someone
9) Travellers diarrhea or some other sickness that keeps me from participating
8) Meeting my arch-nemesis again: the squattie pottie
7) Forgetting something important like my passport
6) No hot showers (or very few- I tend to take extremely hot shower!)
5) Seeing people in terrible situations and feeling helpless
4) Hanging out with five women all the time
3) Coming back home totally changed
2) Stretching and molding into the person God wants

And the final and number one thing that scares me about this trip:

1) Coming back home without an idea about what I want to be doing with my life

I hope that this has shown you something about the man who is James. I can’t say anything for the others but I tend to get the feeling that a lot of these are consistent across the group. We are risking because the end result, God willing, will be worth it. The 2006 racers said that it was the best year of their life and the worst year of their life. It is great to help out and change someone’s life, but then you are heartbroken because of the 100 others that you couldn’t change or help. Lord help us to see Your Plan in this race, to find the pain and not shrink back from it.

I always enjoyed the story about the little boy who was running along a beach, hectically throwing little starfish that had been strewn about by the high tide. An adult came along and said to the young man, “You can’t make a difference! There are too many!” But he smiled as he grabbed another starfish and tossed it back into the ocean. “Yeah, well it made a difference to that one!” He says and continues on his mission. It is worth it for me to take this entire trip if only one person’s life gets changed? I would say so. I think there will be hundreds or thousands that will come to understand and know my Jesus, but even one will be worth it. I hope you think so too. Thanks for all the support and love you have shown. I pray that I can share this experience with you!