Hello and thank you for taking the time to visit my blog! I will start by telling you a little about me and why I feel called to go on The World Race:
I’ve always been a “seeker” and tried to remain open to the many different views and ways that people worship God. Growing up a few of my friends told me about having a “relationship” with Jesus through spending time reading the bible, praying, and listening for Him to respond. This is when my faith really became my own as I learned how to “hear” from God and witnessed the many coincidences that started to happen in my life as He began to lead me.
My senior year of highschool I was at a church event where the speaker was a missionary in Africa. I felt this overwhelming feeling that I was being called to the mission field overseas. I thought maybe I was supposed to jump straight in to missions work but the Lord had other plans and lead me to join the Army National Guard and complete my college degree.
After I graduated college, I started to get very restless and could not decide what to do next. I had a friend who had done the World Race and somehow I kept coming back to to it but wasn’t ready to take that leap of faith. Finally, my best friend got me a job working for her company. This was exactly what I thought I wanted but for some reason when I got the call saying I had been hired the first thing that popped in my head was “What about the World Race?”. I ignored the voice because I wanted to start a career and I wanted the security of a definite income.
Within one month of starting my new job, I was given the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Africa with my new church. Wow! How’s that for God working all things for His purposes? Africa was an amazing opportunity and it opened my eyes to see poverty that I never knew or wanted to believe existed. I literally could not stop thinking about the kids in the orphanages there. 6 months later I was feeling so restless at my new job, I knew I had to make a change. I quit my job to become a full time nanny with the intent of getting my Masters degree but The Lord kept putting the World Race on my heart. Finally, I knew it was time to surrender and take this leap of faith. I am so excited to be Jesus’ hands and feet in some of the worst areas in the world. I also can’t wait to see how other cultures worship and serve the Lord. I know that this trip will help give me a more well rounded view of the world and who God is and I can not wait to share my experiences! 🙂
