Hello Dearest friends and Family!
I guess I should start working on this blog and keep it updated to keep you all updated on this journey! 🙂
A little bit about me……
My name is Kaitlyn Michele. I am…..I always struggle with this statement….What am I? Who am I?
Well, I am a Christian, a follower of Christ, I am a Missionary. I am a World Racer.
I am a Daughter of the King.
i am currently a fresh, new week old 22 23 year old. I love my family and friends. I keep myself busy and always feel like I am on the go. A little too busy at some times in my life. I was am currently a nanny 2 days a week, a tutorer 4 hours a week, a student at the community college 2 days a week, but a student daily. I love school and learning. I love people. I love kids. I love life and all that comes with it.
Being on the Race, I am learning to be at Rest in the Father. Whether that means visiting villages every morning and teaching English to Cambodian children 4 hours a day in the afternoons or sitting down in a coffee shop with nothing but the Word, I am learning to be at Rest in the Father wherever I am and whatever I am doing.
Are you all wondering about how I got involved with the World Race?
Well, let me tell you:
My good friend from high school was visiting a few moments while dropping off my sister's wedding present. She brought along her friend and we all started talking about how we want to do a mission trip together. Her friend started telling me about this crazy mission trip called the World Race where you are gone for 11 months and go to 11 different countries. I thought that would be so crazy cool and wonderful, but i didn't think too much of it.
After the wedding chaos was over, I couldn't stop thinking about the World Race. I looked it up online and was instantly intrigued. After praying about it, "God, is this where You want me to serve? This seems too good to be true!" I applied. A week after I applied, I had a phone interview. A week later, I got a call saying that I was accepted. A few days after that I replied saying I wanted to go!
It has been a crazy whirlwind of emotions these past couple of months after saying "yes". It has definitely been a time of trust and reminding myself why I am following in obedience to where God is leading me. The whole fundraising part has been a huge blessing and I am so thankful for everyone that has given in this time. Thank you everyone!!
Prayer–just to continue to trust God during this time, financially and wherever else He is wanting me to trust Him completely….my whole life. Prayer that I will be prepared, I know that no one will be prepared emotionally, spiritually, physically when they go–and that the whole year is a learning experience. I would like to be prepared as much as I can be, so that I can learn more, experience more.
Prayer for my team and all the people that are going. Wow, so many people are saying yes to God's call in their lives and it is such a huge blessing to see that these REAL people are just like me and are servants, going into the unknown, experiencing the unknown.
Pray for all the countries and the people we will be going to:
India, Nepal, Thailand, Asia: Challenge Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Latvia and Lithuania.
Pray that the people there will have a craving, a desire to hear God speak in their lives, to want to have a relationship with Him.
I am currently in Latvia, enjoying the change of environment and cultures. We have less than 2 months left on this adventure. America and I can't believe all the things that the Lord has been gracious in teaching me. I am excited to share all the stories and memories, lessons and struggles, challenges and triumphs that I have learned over the past months. I want to hear about your adventure and what the Lord was teaching you in your mission field. It has been incredible seeing the way God moves and how He orchestrates His plan to work out. He has huge things planned for the last couple of weeks I am overseas and I am excited to see how He continues to work in my life at home. My favorite part about being gone has been defining my relationship with my Father. It is something special and unique. I see Him as my Father, my Lover and my Friend. It's been a romantic pursuit this year. I am thankful for that, the relentlessness of His desire to make me feel known and loved.
It is so great being home and learning how to continue transitioning to life here. I have discovered that life was easy when it was foreign and it is challenging being in the familiar. It is challenging because my life changed, my heart was transformed. I have learned that I had to rely on what was constant, Jesus. He stayed the same all throughout the year. It is so easy to get so distracted and ease back into the familiarity of life at home. I am learning that the year is not to be forgotten, I learned all that I learned was for a reason. I am excited for this next season and to explore more of what life in America is going to be like after the Lord pursuing me and pursuing Him when He was my Everything. I have been distracted since I've been home for the past 2 weeks, but I don't want life to be like what it was 11 months ago. It will not be. It can't be. I've been changed. My heart has been transformed.
