I’m learning to be honest so this post is going to be full of honesty.
This past month and a half has been hard and a lot has happened.
The beginning of February the routes were announced. I was going to Thailand, South Africa and Nicaragua. I couldn’t have been happier because those were the countries I had asked God to go too. Our squad was told we could switch if we felt God calling us to a different route but my squad had decided that we were all going to stay together. I loved my squad so much already and I didn’t want to leave them, so I decided to stay as well.
A couple of days later I started having thoughts of switching routes but I didn’t listen or ask God if that’s what I was supposed to do. A couple of weeks later I finally got to hang out with a few of the people on my squad. I had so much fun and it made me more excited for the Race. That same weekend I started hearing God calling me to a different route and the following Monday I made the switch.
I’m excited to announce that I’m now going to Guatemala, Malaysia and Botswana.
I was nervous about going to those countries and I don’t even know why. I was also nervous about having to get to know a whole new group of people but they have been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t be happier or more excited about switching routes.
Also this semester I have been taking an extremely hard class. Near the end of the class, I had become so overwhelmed with stress that I started having thoughts about dropping this class and quitting school. I started letting go of my school work and stopped caring about the class. Until one day my mom sat me down and had a little talk with me.
She had told me that this stress was the enemies way of attacking me. That before Christmas people had started telling me that this class was extremely hard and few people pass with a good grade. She told me that I needed to ask God to renew my mind and just really pray about this class and the rest of the semester.
That night I asked God for a fresh start. I thought it was ridiculous to ask God for a fresh start one week before the class was over but I did. The following week was extremely hard and exhausting. I told myself that whatever grade I got as long as I passed, I would be satisfied. The end of the week I received a much higher grade than I expected and it was like God had lifted a huge weight off my shoulders.
This past month and a half has been so hard and stressful but I’ve grown even closer to God. He can take any weight off your shoulders and give you a fresh start even when it may seem too late. All you have to do is just ask.
