I tried doing a Bio section…I struggled. But the following is an answer to the most common response I get upon hearing that I'm going on the Race…so here is what you need to know about me…
When I tell people what I’m about to do, I constantly get “Oh, Kacie, the world traveler…that’ll be exciting” But what you must hear is that this is NOT about traveling.
Yes, I will be traveling to four different continents.
Yes, I will be experiencing other cultures.
But this is NOT about traveling. This is not about coming back “cultured.”
And exciting???
- I’m about to live night and day with at least six other people…and I am a person who could spend hours upon hours by myself and love every minute of it.
- I’m about to have to share everything…and this is the girl who, at eight years old, told my friend she couldn’t borrow my hair brush because I had lice…I didn’t have lice…I just didn’t want to share my hair brush.
- I’m about to be asked to potentially: sing, dance, act, to teach whatever subject is needed, preach a sermon, etc…and I prefer to blend in with most social settings, not take the lead in them.
Surprisingly enough, I am still excited. I know there are parts of my pride and preference that will have to die in the process, but that’s what I’m there for.
So, this is NOT about traveling. It’s about surrendering.
Just like nothing in this life is about the activity. It’s not about coaching or teaching or making coffee or answering phones or organizing events or cleaning the floor or taking care of kids or performing a song/dance/scene or making a sale or serving food or cooking or WHATEVER your activity is…that’s not what it’s about.
It’s surrendering YOUR will in that activity…so the Lord's can get done. It’s about the people He brings to you. It’s about the people that rub you the wrong way…cuz something in you needs to be gotten to the surface and gotten OUT and it’s THOSE people that know JUST how to get it there 
It’s about the people that warm your heart. It’s about the encounters…those divine encounters, that if you’re not surrendered, you just might miss. Those encounters when you HEAR Him telling you exactly what to say and who to say it to. And your jaw just drops at His goodness.
So this Race…mine and yours…is most definitely NOT about traveling…
