Dear Readers,
I just wanted to start this blog by thanking people who take the time out of their day to read this. I know everyone can be super busy with their life’s and it means the world to me that you are reading this.
The hardest part of this trip is knowing 100% this is what your suppose to be doing. Its not easy to get up and leave you’re life, job and family. I knew I wanted to go on this trip from the second I started signing up. About a month ago I was getting overwhelmed and thought maybe I shouldn’t be going on this trip.
What if people forget who I am while I am on this trip? For a lot of you who are reading this you probably don’t know but I have 5 nieces and nephews who are all very young. I am close with every one of them and I am so scared that they will forget who I am when I am gone for those 11 months. Not only that, but what if my best friends find new friends when I am gone and forget about me? There was so much worry that laid in my head, I was freaking out.
On top of that I had to start buying all of my equipment. Starting with my backpacking backpack. I would have never known how many different types backpacks there were. Not only for the backpack but for tents, sleeping bags, liners and so much more. Then started the clothes shopping… I will save you the details on that. But, man it can all come at once, you just sit there and think man I can’t do this.
Then God showed me that this was what I was supposed to do. I had someone reach out to me who is on the world race now. I graduated high school with her back in 2014. She massaged me and said “so crazy story the reason I saw you were going on the race is because a couple days ago we had a debrief when my squad mentor was out visiting us. And she asked me about alumni team leading and said God has laid me on her heart for her for the next quad launching in January. Crazy story… I was praying about it and God was telling me yes and then I felt like I needed to look up the squad and I did, scrolling through them and talking to God and said ‘if one was from Washington’… then Buckley , WA popped up and there was your name. I cried and was like WHAT GOD! I see you!” She will now be alumni team lead for my squad for the first two months of my journey.
She has been there to talk to me about what a life changing experience this trip was and how she is so excited to see me going on it. Not only that but she has been helping me with what brands of backpacks to get and talk me through my journey to training camp.
God knew that I need some inspiration to keep me going and he showed me that using my friend who is on the world race now. God is truly amazing in the ways he shows us to keep going and that everything will be all right.
Hope you have a great day! Don’t forget to smile:)
