Its really crazy to me that I am actually on the World Race. I have officially been a World Racer for 6 days, but there are still times when it doesn’t seem real. I just don’t feel that different. We’ve been staying for the past week at Virginia Theological Seminiary in Alexandria. They were incredibly gracious to us and we had a great time staying there.
Tent City. Our home for the past week.
My first few days there I was really scared. Which I don’t like to admit. I really hate admitting things like that and I actually wasn’t planning on writing that on here, but I’m kind of going with the flow right now. I was scared. I was perfectly fine while I was at home. I said goodbye and I got on my plane to DC and I was good to go. But when I got to DC, I got nervous. I had no idea what I was doing. I started thinking that I couldn’t do this. There was no way I could leave my comforts for 11 months and go around the world with these 44 other people. I would have to open up to them, which I really didn’t want to do. So I prayed. Hard. And I e-mailed a couple of good friends. And God used those friends in some powerful ways and they calmed my fears and my nerves. They probably have no idea how God used them in those e-mails to me. But he did.
Because yeah, its scary to walk out into the unknown and as some of my squadmates have said this week, jump off the cliff. But its also incredibly rewarding. God has so many awesome things planned if we follow his calling on our lives. And I’m so excited to see what that is. I cant wait to see how he works in his people all over the world. And to think I almost said no to that because of fear. I’m glad I didn’t .
Laura, Shayna, and I at Chili’s. Our last dinner/lunch in America.
Jessica, Tom, and Brian at Chili’s
Right now we are on a layover, so we should be Nairobi sometime tomorrow. Thanks again to Virginia Theological Seminiary for all the ways you served us this past week.
