Well we are halfway through the race!! I can't believe that in 5 and a half months I will be heading back to America. Honestly, time has flown by but it is starting to slow down for me especially during the holidays. But I know that I am meant to finish this race and with God by my side I will make it to the end. So I thought I should write a blog about what I have learned over the last few months and what I want to get out of the rest of the trip. I have changed so much and have grown a lot in my faith with the Lord. I still remember when I felt like God was asking me for something more. I remember when Shanna Landers came and spoke at my church about her race and after she spoke I knew that I was called to go on this trip. I never thought that this trip was something that I could accomplish at all. I am naturally a shy person who doesn't like to speak in front of people. But one thing that I have found while I have been on the race is my voice. I know now that God will give me the words to say just like he told Moses that he would in Exodus 4:12. He will speak through us. I have also learned that my identity is found in Christ and in his destiny for me. In Psalm 139:14 it says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have always had trouble believing in myself and seeing myself as a beautiful person. But while I have been on this journey God has taught me that my identity is not based on what others think about me or my failures or successes. It is based on what I am in him. I am his beautiful daughter. I am a child of the King. My identity is based on what he already has planned for me. Lastly I have learned that I can conquer anything with him by my side. In Romans 8:37 the bible says that in all things we are more than conquers through him who loved us. We can do anything if he is with us. There is nothing that can come against us if we have Christ. So what do I hope to get out of the rest of the race? I want to find my freedom. I have begun to find freedom in worshipping God but I haven’t completely got there yet. I want to find the freedom that Christ has for me but I have to let some things go first before I can get there. God has been asking me lately to completely surrender everything to him. He is emptying me of the things that stand between me and intimacy with him. Also I want to know why I exist. I want to know what God created me to do. I want to know his plan and purpose for my life. I want to know what God wants next for me in this life so that I can find my role in the kingdom of God. I don’t want my journey to end when I get home. I want to continue to grow and mature in Christ for the rest of my life. God has placed a calling on each of our lives. For me for now it is the World Race. Whatever your calling may be in this life I encourage you to answer it and know that God will be with you every step of the way. He will guide you in the right way. All you have to do is say yes and leave the rest up to him. By the way I am still in need of around 2,000 dollars in my account before January 1st. So please consider supporting me so that I may finish this race. To be able to find freedom and find my purpose in this life I have to be able to finish. My life verse for the moment is Acts 20:24, it says, “However I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish THE RACE and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me- the task of testifying the gospel of God's grace. As I go throughout the rest of this race may my goal just be to continue to spread his gospel around the world and finish this knowing that I have made a difference in others' lives for the sake of Jesus' name. . Here is a picture H squad at training camp, my first team at the beginning in Ireland and my new team last month in Tanzania. Things have changed so much since the beginning of this race and I am looking forward to what is going to happen next.
