We were asked to write a blog about how we were called to
this mission trip. Here is my story...
For a long time I have known that I wanted to go abroad and serve. God has given me a heart for the underprivileged, the
poor, the hurting, the lonely, the oppressed, and for service. I love people from all walks of life and enjoy learning from them and experiencing their ways of life. I strive to make a difference in the world’s of those I come in contact with, realizing it is not me who creates the change, but Christ through me. I want God to shine through me so people’s lives and world’s
will be filled with hope and joy. The opportunity has come, and I have found that calling that was put in my heart so long ago, the World Race.
Many
people think the smart thing to do would be to get a job, start paying off my
student loans, and begin to make a life for myself. But I would
not be satisfied with that right now. I was blown away by what I read about of the World Race, knowing that it was a response to God’s call in my life. Now here I am, finishing up my college career and preparing myself for my next journey. This journey will allow me to depend fully on God, grow in Him, and be a messenger of hope and love. I can’t wait
to be with like-minded young Christians who have the same passion for Him as I
do. I’m anxious for God to mold me into the person He wants me to be. I am ready to be used by God, to lose myself, to take up my cross, and to be stretched in ways I can’t even comprehend. God called me to serve His people, the people I love so much and yet have never met and have yet to meet. Aware of the challenge that lies ahead, I know it will be worth it.
A previous World Racer said in his blog that his normal has changed. I am excited and ready for my normal to change. I invite you to come along with me on this journey, for your normal to be changed through hearing and seeing the change that is taking place during these 11 months around the world. May love always guide us and be the driving force in everything we do.
James 1:27:
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
One of my favorite songs that speaks my heart…
“Give Me Your Eyes” by Brandon Heath
