How did I get myself into this?! Well, it wasn’t me and of that I am sure. I am called as a follower of Jesus to go out into the nations and make Him known throughout the world. It was only a matter of if I was going to be faithful and say yes or simply ignore that call. It would have been much easier to ignore it, I’ll say that. It would be so much easier to make excuses as to why I can’t leave the country for a year. But the truth is, He didn’t call us to live an “easy” life. He calls us out of the comfortable, to stretch us beyond ways we can’t even imagine. He calls us into the unknown, the uncertain, the unfamiliar. And that’s scary. But it’s TOTALLY worth it.
In January of 2019, I will be stepping onto a plane and leaving America. I will be traveling to 11 different countries throughout the course of 11 months. So, I will be living in a different country each month. These are the countries of my route: Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and South Africa. I will be leaving all I have ever known to travel throughout the nations alongside my team to minister and pour into those who are desperate for hope. Desperate for Jesus. Desperate to be loved and acknowledged. Am I worthy of doing such a task? Absolutely not. Am I equipped to do this kind of work? Not in the least. But here’s the good news: God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. And that’s so sweet to my ears. HE works through us. It’s not US in the slightest, it’s ALL Him and the ways He reveals Himself to others THROUGH us. We just have to be willing. All we have to do is say yes. The truth is, I’ve never been worthy of Jesus’ love and I never will be. None of us are, not even one. It’s not about what we do, it’s about what He did FOR us. Out of His goodness and His mercy, He extends that love to us and He works through us so that the world might come to know Him. It’s all about Him, It’s not about any me or any of us. It’s always been about Him.
I can’t do this without the love and support of you guys’ though. I need some serious prayer while I am fundraising and preparing to leave as well as while I am on mission for a year. I can’t wait to see how God is going to work through each of you, uniting His body of believers to make this possible! I am SO pumped! I am so excited to see the ways that He is going to use me in this journey called The World Race! I love you guys’ so much!
