The day I arrived home from The World Race was very confusing for me because I expected to be nothing but excited when I stepped off the plane in Dallas. I was excited to see my loved ones but at the same time I immediately felt a void that I had never experienced before. I prayed about it and even tried to fill the void but it is still there. The void is “community.”
This past week I had the opportunity to spend a few days with my World Race teammates and for a few short days the void left… But as the “goodbyes” came, the void slowly came back. When the final goodbye came at the airport I literally found myself in tears until sometime after the plane took off, and they have made a couple of appearances since. I do not like to admit that I am a needy person, but I am telling you that I NEED community. I need to be around people that are after the same things as me and understand me in a way that others can’t. I believe that God has made a special community for everyone of us, it is just our job to find it and I have found mine.
I will be moving to Georgia sometime in the beginning of March to do a 6 month apprenticeship with Adventures in Missions, which is the organization that sends out The World Race. I will be working with people that are getting ready to go on The World Race, encouraging them and telling them about my life changing experience this past year. I will be surrounded by a community that loves me, people that have the same desires as me, and people that will be pouring into me in the way that God intended it. I am so excited that God has opened this door because I am excited to further my walk with Him, encourage others in their walk with Him and continue to learn what it means to really bring God’s Kingdom to Earth. It is all about a journey with Him and completing the destiny that He has made for us, He just so graciously gives us other people to walk alongside us.
My apprenticeship with AIM is support raised, which means I have to raise $9,000 before the end of the 6 months. I am currently at about $1600 and must have $3000 before I can even make the move to Georgia. So again I ask you to please pray about supporting me financially for the next season of my life that God is calling me into. This past year was the most amazing year of my life, He has transformed me into a totally different person and I am wrecked for His Kingdom. It was only possible because you were obedient to His voice when He asked you to support me. Thank you!
If you feel like He is leading you to support me for the AIM apprenticeship, you can continue to follow me through my World Race blog http://karafrate.theworldrace.org and on the left hand side of the screen there is a link that says “support me.” Once you have clicked on that link you will see the options to support me, and all donations made there will go directly into my account.
As always prayers are accepted, Please pray for me as transition is never easy.
Thank you again for your continued support!
Kara Frate
