Wow – Here I am! After spending the past 3 years reading many
other previous and current World Racers, here I am writing my own blog
as a soon to be World Racer. It certainly is a special milestone.The
journey here is similar to how I met and accepted Jesus in my life, a
slow yet steady one.
other previous and current World Racers, here I am writing my own blog
as a soon to be World Racer. It certainly is a special milestone.The
journey here is similar to how I met and accepted Jesus in my life, a
slow yet steady one.
I was raised in a non-Christian home and was not introduced to God
until high school when a friend of mine invited me to her youth group.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but God had other plans,
throughout high school, university and my work life, He had placed
people in my life that would not only plant the seed of knowing Him but
nurturing that seed until it grew into a personal, real, relationship
with Him. I kept resisting the idea of trusting in a God, it was a slow
and lagging process to get to know Him. I went through some very
personal tough times soon after University and I remembered that the
Christian people prayed. So not knowing what to say, I asked with
complete sincerity and open heart to accept that if He was real, to
help the pain stop. There was an *immediate* sense of peace as soon as
I had asked for it. It seemed too coincidental that peace in the midst
of pain came that quickly. That was the night I began to really seek
after God and what it means to be a Christian. It took me a long time
to have the desire to find Him but once I did, and hoping not to sound
trite, it truly isn’t the same.
until high school when a friend of mine invited me to her youth group.
I didn’t think much of it at the time, but God had other plans,
throughout high school, university and my work life, He had placed
people in my life that would not only plant the seed of knowing Him but
nurturing that seed until it grew into a personal, real, relationship
with Him. I kept resisting the idea of trusting in a God, it was a slow
and lagging process to get to know Him. I went through some very
personal tough times soon after University and I remembered that the
Christian people prayed. So not knowing what to say, I asked with
complete sincerity and open heart to accept that if He was real, to
help the pain stop. There was an *immediate* sense of peace as soon as
I had asked for it. It seemed too coincidental that peace in the midst
of pain came that quickly. That was the night I began to really seek
after God and what it means to be a Christian. It took me a long time
to have the desire to find Him but once I did, and hoping not to sound
trite, it truly isn’t the same.
In my years walking and growing near Him, I learned many things,
through scripture, sermons, serving, classes and experiences. One of
them being how we are each given a special gift or a few gifts. It
really took me a few years to figure out that I believe He has given me
a heart of compassion, but the more important lesson is that compassion
is nothing without action. In the years that I read up on other world
racers’ blogs, I marvelled at their sense of adventure and faith to
just drop everything for a year, all for the obedience of God. I didn’t
think I could do it. In hindsight, i was just not willing to do it
because doing it meant overcoming many hurdles. And so it dragged and
dragged. But once God places a burden in your heart, you can try to
ignore it, you can make “reasons” not to do it, but it never fully goes
away. We are given the choice to choose. I am finally choosing to end
all excuses, face all fears and unknowns and embark on a journey that
God has invited me on. It too, took a long time to get here, but I
trust and hope that by the end of this experience, I can again say, I
will not be the same again.
through scripture, sermons, serving, classes and experiences. One of
them being how we are each given a special gift or a few gifts. It
really took me a few years to figure out that I believe He has given me
a heart of compassion, but the more important lesson is that compassion
is nothing without action. In the years that I read up on other world
racers’ blogs, I marvelled at their sense of adventure and faith to
just drop everything for a year, all for the obedience of God. I didn’t
think I could do it. In hindsight, i was just not willing to do it
because doing it meant overcoming many hurdles. And so it dragged and
dragged. But once God places a burden in your heart, you can try to
ignore it, you can make “reasons” not to do it, but it never fully goes
away. We are given the choice to choose. I am finally choosing to end
all excuses, face all fears and unknowns and embark on a journey that
God has invited me on. It too, took a long time to get here, but I
trust and hope that by the end of this experience, I can again say, I
will not be the same again.
Ihave an adventuresome spirit and always seeking out to set personal
goals (and i do mean personal and not professional, this area somehow
seems to be lacking for me). I love to travel and the coolest thing
that i can say i’ve done besides getting ready for this trip is that
I’ve successfull climbed to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro and surviving cancer – all by God’s grace!!! I love to snowboard and I savoured my last snowboarding trip for a
while this past month out west in Alberta Canada with some of my
closest friends.
In my free time, I spend it a lot with my family and I have 2
nieces that i absolutely adore and leaving them for a year is
definitely in the top 3 hardest things to do.
nieces that i absolutely adore and leaving them for a year is
definitely in the top 3 hardest things to do.
Some idiosyncrasies about me:
- I am a natural listener, if we are in a group setting, more often than not, I will let someone else take the floor to talk but it doesn’t mean i’m not engaged in conversation. One on Ones are AWESOME connection times.
- I can over analyze things – God gave us a brain to think right?!?!?! This can be good and/or bad. Stop me if you catch me doing it and it’s not doing any good.
- I don’t like small talks and try to avoid them (but I’m aware that in order to form relationships you need to start with small talks – and therein starts my over analysis), I’m a deep person that loves having deep and engaging conversation
- I’m a camera shutter bug – if you’re on my team, likely you may be annoyed with me taking many pics of you 🙂
- I love to karaoke – funny how the worst singers love to karaoke 🙂
