Apparently, I have a hard time writing blogs about “normal”
life. I have heard on multiple occasions since returning home from the Race,
“If I wanted to figure out what you were doing, I had to read your teammates
blogs!” Sorry, friends and family. I admit that I’m not very good at staying
connected sometimes. I am working at figuring out how to communicate the normal
things in life.
To get started, here’s a brief update on my life.
I am currently living in Port Huron, Michigan. I live in a
big house with four guys and seven other girls (soon to be nine), two of which
are former teammates of mine. That’s pretty sweet. Everybody here is great, and
we like to laugh a lot. We also like to play Euchre, Killer Bunnies (yes, it’s
a ridiculous game!), Parcheesi, and Four-Point Pitch.
I’m doing a six-month apprenticeship with the World Race as
a part of the Field Support staff. Although this initial commitment is a short
stint, I’m waiting for further clarification from the Lord about where He’s
leading me, whether that is here or somewhere else. I am learning that it
doesn’t so much matter what I’m doing as it does who I’m doing it with.
Most days I wake up, go to the gym, make some phone calls,
write some emails, and do other random work from my computer. I don’t usually
leave my house other than to go to the grocery store or Walmart. It’s not that
I necessarily love all of this “busy-work,” and it’s not that my days are
really that exciting. (Compared to waking up in the foothills of Mount
Kilimanjaro, what could be?!)
BUT…
I LOVE the World Race, mostly because I love the people and
the Kingdom work that’s happening around and within us. The reason I’m doing
what I’m doing is because of emails I get on days like today, where a Racer I’ve
continually prayed for and believed in tells me that God is setting them free
of life-long addictions. It’s the phone call I get to have with a leader on the
field just to say, “We BELIEVE in you!” when they feel like giving up. It’s God
telling me, “Remind (some person) of who I say they are,” and then receiving an
emotional email from that Racer who needed to hear God’s heart.
The house that I live in is full of people that continue to
amaze me. They are people that have counted the cost of following Christ and
have said, “I will go where You go.” They are people that show me God’s
unconditional love in a real and tangible way. They are madly in love with
Jesus and are madly passionate about releasing the LIGHT and LOVE of Christ in
a DARK and BROKEN world. They inspire me, push me, and believe in me.
I can’t believe how blessed I am!!!!!!
