At the start of the race people asked me (and at times people still ask an important question) why did you decided to do The World Race? Why is that the simplest questions so frequently have the most difficult answers? In January 2015, I joined The World Race because I wasn’t going to close another door that He was opening. For those who aren’t aware… I am not a fan of math.. I am dyslexic. I grew up being told I would always struggle with math. As a little girl, I thought “why bother trying if it will always be difficult?” People even started calling me retarded because I struggled. I ended up hating math, and hating myself for struggling. As I grew up and started thinking about what kind of career I wanted to pursue, I dismissed a myriad of possibilities because they required some finances. These opportunities were beautiful paintings marred by my shortcomings… by my failures… by me. Imagine my astonishment in January when I was asked to oversee finances for my team. I taken aback… thinking, “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” Much to my chagrin, they continued and said they felt God placing me on their hearts to be one of finance people. I told them that I would think about it. As I sat trying to convince myself that it would be okay to tell them ‘no,’ I heard God… ‘I thought you weren’t going to shut the doors that I opened for you?’
He has such the sense of humor…. At the moment, one I didn’t appreciate.
It’s month four of my race, going into month five. It didn’t hit me of what God was doing until a few days ago when I was asked the following question from the first, ‘Why do you think God called you onto the Race?’ Before, I would have said (and at times I may still think it) it was because He has a lousy sense of humor. As of right now, I think God called me to be on the Race to prove to me that I can do finance. I still think He has tons of other lessons that He is going to be teaching me as I head to Swaziland.
Speaking of Swaziland, I can’t believe I’m leaving my last Asian country and traveling to Africa in just a few days. I have been warned that internet will be a rare sighting. This means I won’t be able to fundraise and I run the risk of being sent home if no one helps.
What I need is $1,815 by the end of June.
I am praying for someone to help me raise $515 before May 15th.
Thank you all for your love and support!
