As a small child a decided that I wanted to be a vet, and from that day on I pursued that dream with everything I had. I had convinced myself that GOD could use me through vet school. However, my plans were not GOD’s plans.
In pursuit of my dreams of vet school I began school at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville on a full ride scholarship. To this day there is no doubt in my mind that was orchestrated by GOD. Part of the way through my pre-vet program my life began to fall apart; my grandmother got really sick and that required me to travel between home and school at least once every other week. During this process I realized that my family meant more to me than my career, and I made one of the toughest decisions I have ever had to. I switch from a pre-vet concentration to being an animal industries concentration, no matter how tough it was this was one of the best decisions I have made.
After that decison I didn’t really know what I was doing with my life, because I had never developed a plan B. I did know that I had fallen in love with helping people. After a lot of prayer and studying it becamse apparent that I needed to help people. I looked at working with several different groups, and stumbled upon the World Race. When I discovered this group there was a click. It was almost like GOD whispered in my ear and said “Jennie, this is it!”
So over this past year, I have been spritually preparing for this race, and now I have been accepted to launch onto the race in August. I will be going to Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. 11 countries in 11 months, spreading the gospel of Christ outside of my comfort zone. I am excited for this trip to see how GOD will use me, stretch me, move me, and change me. However, I would be lying if I didn’t say that I was also nervous.
This is a huge step of faith for me because there is no part of this that I could do on my own. I still have to raise $17,011 for my race. Please pray about supporting me in anyway possible for you. And your prayers are always welcome as I prepare and emabarq on this journey. I can’t do it by myself.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your GOD reigns!”
