A little about me,
Obviously, my name is Logan, i am currently 17 years old, and i am from Texas. I have been on two mission trips prior to pursuing The World Race. One to Haiti in March of 2016, of which i lived in an orphanage for a week, showing beautiful orphans the love of Christ. in Haiti we played games, sang songs, and built relationships with the kids, Haiti is the country of which i totally fell in love with missions. My second mission trip was to Guatemala; this trip was one month long, and it was truly the best month of my entire life. i am forever in debt to the people of Guatemala as well as my team of 28 high school students who helped shape my life in the direction of missions. In Guatemala is when i stopped placing my identity in other things that i thought i needed to place my identity in, such as social status, things i was good at, and even being a ‘church go-er,’ and i began the journey of placing my identity in CHRIST! i believe that the month of July 2016 while in Guat, helped shape the rest of my life and i am so beyond thankful for those who helped in that impact. I first heard about The World Race about four years ago, when i was a freshman, and as cool as i thought it was, it seemed as though it was nothing that was tangible to me. Over the next couple of years i followed the #3n9 & #11n11 hashtags on instagram and simply dreamed that one day it could be my life, however it still seemed very impossible. Then one day, i thought to comment on a picture of a world racer i had been following for some time (shoutout to Sydney Monroe, World Race Alumni) upon her acceptance into the race. Sydney told me how the World Race had changed her life in a basis of a few weeks, and how that if i felt the ‘tug’ to go i shouldn’t ignore it. So, you bet your bottom dollar i didn’t. At first anyway. Haha. i clung to this tug for some time, and upon returning home from Guatemala i had never been more sure that i was suppose to do something, however one thing led to another- and when it was my turn to apply, i ran. i ran from God so fast, and so hard i found myself avoiding him in all areas of my life. i was beginning to skip out on church, i wouldn’t talk to my youth group friends as much, and i would even skip past the christian songs when they came on shuffle while listening to music. I wanted away from this journey that i knew God was calling me to, simply because it wasn’t easy. i even tried to compromise with God, and go on a two month mission trip to Africa, i thought that maybe that would be ‘enough’ for Him, or whatever that means. However, i knew from the moment that i began to pursue the compromise that it was not right for me, in fact it was too easy. Thats the thing with being a follower of Christ though, no one ever tells us that it is going to be easy. Look at the life of Job, Job’s life is totally ripped apart, he loses everything that he had ever worked for, yet he never took his eyes off of the Father. i believe that Job sets an excellent example of how we should act when we go through times of trials like i was, we should cling close to the Father, rather than stray away from Him. And in the end, God did sustain. He never let me go too far, he stopped me in my tracks when temptations came way, even when i felt so far from Him. God was protecting me all along, even through the bumpy journey. God led me back, and he made it very clear that no matter the obstacle in front of me, i needed to be obedient. So, i applied to the World Race and was accepted and committed all within a time period of three weeks. God is opening so many doors, and i am so amazed at what He is doing through this Journey. I look forward to all of you following me on this journey as i embark on The World Race!
