Time is clicking. Although my days have been slow, the weeks are going by fast. I know the countdown to walking off the plane in Minnesota is getting closer and closer.
It’s beginning to feel more real, more crazy, more freighting, but I am thankful for the peace that God is giving me about going home. Without a doubt there will be reverse cultural shock, hard immersion, and overwhelming truth that you won’t understand what I’ve been though- physically, emotionally, spiritually in each of the 11 countries. But my heart so badly wants to share. Share His goodness, His truth, His love.
My squad is pressing in to being present these last 2 months on the Race, but the realities are kicking in. We have graduations, weddings, and family reunions to attend as soon as we touch down onto American soil. We have school loans to keep paying, a job to find, a community to invest in. People to influence, people to love on, people to bring to Christ!
I have begun to go back to some of those really special, life altering memories on the Race, when you and I sit down for coffee, or run into each other at the grocery store, or wherever, I pray that I will be ready, that I will be bold, that I will be okay with being interrupted in my daily life to share what God wants me to share with you that could potentially be a story that you can relate with from my World Race journey.
Here are some ideas of what I would love to share with you.
1. What it is was like to abandoned everything in Lesotho?
2. How long I had to wait the bus stop for a taxi in Swaziland.
3. What door to door evangelism looks like in the slums of South Africa.
4. The importance of rest and sabbath looks like, especially in ministry.
5. What Celebrating Christmas in Cambodia looked like.
6. The adventures of traveling to Phu Chi Fa.
7. What sort of ministry my parents and I did together for a week.
8. The fear of giving your testimony in Spanish.
9. What community looks like admits ministry, off time, and adventure days.
I am feeling more and more peace about what God has in store for me next. I am ready to be established in one place for awhile, with little to no travel, all the while I’ll be ready to go where He calls.
Thank you for your continuous prayers, reading my blogs, liking my photos, etc. Much love to you all! And lll be home shortly!
