I think when I tell people I’m going on World race many people think why do you need to go all around the world when the need is so great here. The short answer…God asked me to. The answer is not as simple as that though. God didn’t just tell me he wanted me to go to the other side of the world to help people. He told me he wants me to go to experience poverty. He wants me to know what a great need; one that I can’t even imagine is like. I look around my room and think of all the stuff I have in here. What I actually have and what I need are completely different things. I tried making my list of the stuff I have in my room that are actually necessary it was almost impossible. I thought I need a bed…but there are people all around the world that sleep on floors and will never have a bed. I need clothes… but I don’t need an entire walk in closet filled. When I thought about the stuff I will be bringing with me next year my room full of stuff seems like a waste. I love my life and I have more than a lot of people even here can dream of. But I believe God wants me to know that he can provide so much when we have so little. So without stepping out of my comfortable room, my comfortable house, and comfortable country how can I ever know what God can provide when I don’t have the “necessary “comforts that I have here? So I will go sleep on floors, hand wash my clothes, take bucket showers, carry a year on my back to learn, to love, and to know Gods power.
