Hello friends,
I have some exciting news to share with you all!
I am going to Ghana, Africa instead of 11 different countries!
“Why”, you ask… Well, there is a long backstory answering that question. The backstory deserves a lot of attention in order for it to be written right and justifiably explained.
For now, I will say this: The World Race appeared to be my dream come true. Travelling to multiple continents, humanitarian work, and total submersion into foreign cultures. It was everything I wanted my post-graduate life to be about.
But… “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” Isaiah 55:8
Despite what I want,
despite what I – and others – have invested,
despite what I have told people,
World Race is not Gods best for me. And doing the will of God leaves me no time for disputing His plans.
Whatever mysterious plan God has for my life, I have no doubt that it will be an interesting one.
I believe God writes a different story for each person and I have tried to write World Race into my own personal story, in an attempt to create a good story. I want to live a life worthy of a “bestselling novel”.
I want the experience World Race offers. I want to say I spent a year overseas. I want to have a unique existence. Unfortunately, what I want has overshadowed what God wants.
I have struggled to make World Race a reality. Finances have been at the root of that struggle. I am believing that there is a divine reason for that, though.
My story certainly in not a transforming into a “bestseller”. But it is turning into a fine mystery. And I can live with that.
Susan B Anthony once said, “I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”
I have learned that sometimes we are tested with a great idea or opportunity just to see if we will act upon it. However, the timing may not be right.
Maybe I am being prepared for something else down the road… why knows?
All I can tell you is, when we understand that all things happen for our benefit and we trust in the Lord, then we can accept what we have once thought of as “failures” knowing that in the end it will all work out and we will be happy with the outcome.
If you have any questions concerning my change of plans, please feel free to reach out to me.
Thank you for all of your support and I look forward to sharing the rest of this journey with you!
