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Well, I’m a twenty-something who is trying to find her place in this big world. I’m about to finish some time in the educated world. I’ve had a couple of years experience in the working world. But I know there’s more to this life than working solely for a wage, a nice TV, a nice car, a house. One of my favorite things to do is people-watch. I often see people walk or drive by and I wonder what their home life must be like. Where are they going to? Where did they come from? What is God doing with them? Are they in love? Do they know love?
I’ve known somehow that I will never be content just living for myself. I’ve had visions and dreams about living in some foreign land and serving the poor. But I don’t know where or when or how exactly that will become the reality. Through God’s providence and guiding, I was led to this crazy adventure called The World Race. I began walking a dangerous path of reading the blogs of past and current participants in the field. Something began to tinge in the core of me. There was a spark followed by another, then another, and it hasn’t stopped. I feel like I’m right where I’m supposed to be and I’m experiencing not just the happiness, but actual JOY in this process. I still find it hard to grasp or believe that beginning June of 2009, my life will look completely radical to what I had planned it out to be when I was in high school.
I typically cling to what is safe, what is known, what is sensical and protected. But the more I come to know about Christ and the more I follow in his footsteps, my life takes unexpected turns. I’m finding out one step at a time, that all these things I cling so tightly to are beginning to crumble between my fingers. I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that I have ended up here…preparing for an 11 months of unknown territory. I’m excited, thrilled, overwhelmed, pleased and humbled. I’m in the grip of God Almighty and there’s nothing else like it!
I hope that as you read these blogs and look at the pictures, you too are gravitated towards appreciating the mighty works of the LORD.
Let’s Race!
-Issa
