As I stood on the empty roof
looking out at the little city of Laredo, Peru
I began to feel my heart flooding with so much joy and love.
I began to feel God in a whole new way.
Something about this country had stolen my heart.
It was month 2,
I still had 9 months to go so this
couldn’t possibly be the place God wanted me.
There were 9 other countries to still visit,
but the thought of never returning here made me ache.
So as I stood up there by myself I began to ask God for answers.
“What is it about this country that is different.
God I know I have only been doing this race for almost 2 months,
but I know this country is different than any other one.
You are doing something here.”
And when I asked He answered.
He gave me the answer that I already knew,
but had been avoiding.
I avoided it maybe because I was afraid,
or maybe just because I didn’t know how to handle it.
With His answer came the realization that the
reason I loved this place wasn’t because of the ministry.
Instead it was because of the people,
and really to narrow it down more
it was because of one specific person.
It has been almost 9 months since that day on the roof,
and my heart for Peru has remained the same.
So my answer to the question “what happens next?“
is that I am going back to Peru.
I have no idea what I will be doing when I get there,
but that’s the beauty of it.
So far my only plan is to invest in the people there that I love so much.
To live life with my family there.
So I land in LA on June 9th
and on June 14th I will leave for Peru.
The conversation that I had on that roof was one
of the most life defining conversations I have ever had.
I learned how to listen and to trust that day.
The next season of my life isn’t going to be easy,
but it’s going to be amazing
and I am so excited for it.
I am excited for what God is going to do
with me in Peru.
I am excited to begin living out what I have learned
on the race.
It is crazy, but sometimes God is crazy,
and sometimes the things He calls us to do are unexpected.
Like traveling the world for 11 months,
or working at a job that you never expected to get
or falling in love with an entire new culture and choosing
to move there.
