TEN DAYS are left on the World Race. I don’t know if I should laugh or cry. This next week will be a whirlwind with travel to debrief, seeing everyone for the last time with all of us together, and then re-entry into the States.
I wanted to do a Top Ten list of things I have learned in this amazing year of my life.
10. I’ve learned that when things aren’t going as planned, it’s always better to stay calm and be patient. Things always work out, getting stressed out and upset never helps. (Great example of this has been our awesome team leader, Dustin Suttle!)
9. Value time spent with people more.
8. I have learned to become a better sharer. And you know what? You see God’s blessing more clearly the more you give away.
7. The world is a beautiful place. The people, the landscapes, the food, the smiles. There is so much to see outside of the United States.
6. I am much more thankful I had the opportunity to graduate college. It opens up so many opportunites most never get to experience. It’s heartbreaking to meet women who can’t even write their own name or little children who have to work and can’t afford school.
5. Laughter is the best medicine for anything.
4. True friends will challenge you, encourage you, cry with you, laugh with you, and sit with you for hours at a clinic when you are sick.
3. God is good, all the time.
2. Trust less in my own plans and more on God. One of my favorite verses this year: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
1. Recently, I’ve been learning that better things are yet to come. God has great things in store for each of us after this Race. It doesn’t end here.
