Five months ago today, after settling down from the whirlwind of my first logistics assignment, I was sitting at gate B6 in the Washington Dulles Airport ready to depart on this crazy journey called the World Race.
The process …
Hear the Lord
Pretend I didn’t hear the Lord
Go on about my business
Hear from the Lord Again
Argue with HIM (well, it was a one-sided conservation)
Question my faith
Pray about it
Get upset
Ask God why
Give Up
Stalk some blogs
Say No Way
Pray about it
Say YES
Apply
Worry about it
Get Accepted
Pay Deposit
Write my own blog
Get Excited
Get Nervous
Write support letter
Oh wait … I have a job
Pray about it
Quit my job
Meet my financial deadline
Feel Peace
Get my job back
Get Excited
Work hard to save money
Spend all my money on gear
Work some more
Have a yard sale
Go to Training Camp
Get asked to be a Logistics Leader
What is that?
Get wrecked
Cry about it
Pray about it
Laugh about it
Thankful for it
Meet next deadline
Work some more
Eat Turkey
Spend all my money on gear
Cry about it
Pray about it
The Lord provides
Last day of work
Very excited about it
Start Packing
Happy Birthday Jesus
Pack some more
Say goodbye
Have party
Have another party
Have another party
Say goodbye
Cry alot about it
Get on the plane
Get excited
Get Nervous
Say Hello to 55 new members of my family
Smile about it
Never look back!
Now here I sit in a puddle of sweat in a non air-conditioned school building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia as a month 6 world racer. I cannot believe all that I experienced. Through the laughter, the tears, countless bug-bites and six kidney stones the Lord has shown me that his plan is better!
We are nearly half way through our journey. As crazy as it sounds, I wish it would slow down. I’m not sure I am ready for it to end. (Yes, I usually think way too far ahead)
Today, the word that best describes how I feel is Thankful.
I wait with joyful anticipation of what He has planned for me next.
I think the Lyrics to a Darryl Worley song says it best.
“I love this crazy tragic,
sometimes almost magic
awful beautiful life!”
I love this life!
