Welcome to my blog! I am so excited that you are here supporting me in my calling to go on the World Race!
So I am officially going on the World Race starting July 2013! My team is going to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda. I cannot be more excited that God has called me to do this incredible mission!
This excitement was not at all in me at the beginning when I first felt like He was calling me to do this. I was planning on moving to Rwanda for a year or two and working with an organization and work with orphanages. That was my plan, not Gods. In a weeks time, I heard about this race 4 different times. So I packed up my bible and journal and headed out to Toad Suck Park and sat in the sand praying and watching the sunset. I wanted to know what God's plan was for me. Was it Rwanda? No. Was it staying here in Arkansas and getting a Marketing job? No. Was it going on the World Race? YES! God, are you sure about this World Race thing? YES! For once in a very long time, I had peace about my future. I went home and searched the World Race and realized what exactly what it was. God wanted me to go on a mission trip to 11 countries in 11 months. Oh my goodness….
Over those next few weeks after deciding, I asked God so many questions. Why me? How am I supposed to share Your word when I'm still learning? How will I get $15,500? How will my parents react? How do I live out of a pack for 11 months? Are you sure you chose the right person for this? Which route? Are any of my friends called to do this with me?
Next, fear set in. I can't do this. I am not ready. I am SO scared. I am not qualified to do this. I need to sit this one out, pick someone else.
Then God gave me peace. He gave me rest. He gave me hope. I may not be qualified, but He will qualify the called. I am His daughter and He is calling me to share His word in 11 different countries. Wow! That's huge! I feel honored that my Father is calling me to do something so great!
Thank you God for calling me out of my comfort zone. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share Your word. Thank you for giving me the chance to travel to 11 different countries and experience 11 different cultures. Thank you for calling me to go on the World Race.
Even though I am at peace about going, it has been an emotional roller coaster. I am sad/scared to leave the place I have called home my whole life to live in a tent in 11 different countries. I am sad to leave my family and friends for a year. But God will give my family and friends peace while I am gone, as He will give me peace about being gone for that long.
God is so good and I cannot wait to see what He's going to do in my life, my family's life, and the lives my team will touch while on the race.
Thank you so much for your support!
"Therefore go and make disciple of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." — Matthew 28:19
