Hello!
For those of you who don’t know, my name is Jesse Vincent. I am 21 years old. I have 4 brothers, one of which is my twin. I am a senior at Western Kentucky University. As I am finishing up my last year in school, I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. After months of deciding what I wanted to do with my life, I considered devoting more of my time to missions. I have been to Haiti 7 times for about 1 week each time. I’ve always wanted to go on a mission trip for longer than 1 week. I remembered years ago wanting to go on the World Race, but I was too young. So I decided to apply for the World Race back in March. Since you are reading this article, I assume you know I got accepted haha. I originally was supposed to go on the World Race in January, but I thought it would be best if I finished my college education first, so I postponed my trip. I am now a part of the August 2018 trip! It’s about 1 year away and I can’t wait!
What is the World Race? The World Race is an 11 month mission trip in 11 countries. You spend 1 month in each country. You leave behind all the comforts that you have at home. Family, friends, luxuries, everything. All of it for Jesus. It will be a challenging, yet awarding adventure!
A little about my life…
When I was 4 years old, my parents divorced. Some people take it really hard during a divorce, but I feel as though I didn’t take it too hard. Partially because I was so young. When we were younger, my parents kept us in church. One weekend I would go with my Mom to one church and then the next weekend with my dad at another church. As I got older, we stopped going to church as much. I kind of put church on the back burner. My grandparents were the ones that were the best influence on us. They kept us in church. I lived next door to my grandparents until I was 16 years old. They would drive my twin brother and I to church. As I first started to college I became very busy with 2 jobs and school. I wasn’t involved in any Christian clubs on campus. I wasn’t going to church that often because I would work many Sundays. I just really got distant from God. I was maybe going to church once a month. About 1 year ago, I started getting back into church more, reading my bible, doing bible studies. I got closer to God. On many Sundays I would go to 2 churches. This last year, I feel as though I’ve come a lot closer to God. I still make mistakes, and I’ll never be perfect, and God knows that. It’s ok to not be perfect! If we were perfect, we would’ve never needed Jesus.
God has shown me such love and compassion. I want to tell other people around the world about God because I want them to have the same relationship with God that I do. I believe that we need to proclaim his name all over the world. I will be putting a lot of trust in God on this trip! This is why I want to go on the World Race!
