For those who haven’t heard yet, I was accepted to represent The World Race through Adventures in Missions (www.worldrace.org). I will be attending training in October, and I will officially leave in January. I am slowly preparing, gathering, and pricing the things I will need on the trip and deciding which things I should part with before I launch.
I’d like to elaborate on the fact that being accepted for this position does not make me some “super Christian”. I will still be living my normal life. The only difference is that I will be abroad.
I realized my calling for overseas missions when I visited El Salvador 3 years ago and have been preparing my heart and praying for an opportunity to arise. When I heard about this one, the thorough application process exposed every aspect of my heart, making me completely vulnerable. The application process revealed parts of myself that need work before I leave.
With that said, I am not serving God in five months. I am not serving Him in a year or next month or tomorrow. I am serving Him now. I am still in my time of Spiritual waiting, but I am not called to be idle and sit on the sidelines in the waiting. Although God has opened a door for me in a few months, I don’t want to miss the little things He reveals along the way by focusing all my attention on “when I actually get to serve Him”. Looking at the World Race as my time of “finally getting to serve God” is a warped view of the Gospel. We are called to represent, serve, follow, and share Him every. single. day. of our lives.
If you would like to be updated with things along the way (including between now and the time I leave), feel free to follow this new blog, jenniferbryan.theworldrace.org, as I will not be updating the old one as often (if at all).
Additionally, I will need to raise (a lot of) funds for this opportunity. If you feel called to support me, you can find a link to do so above.
