How did this whole crazy journey start? Well…
I was tired and annoyed that I had to go into the office when all I really wanted to do between classes was take a nap. So, naturally, I pulled up Facebook and ate my salad as I scrolled through my newsfeed, clicking on pictures here and there. I clicked on a link to someone’s personal blog where I read bits and pieces before clicking on another link and then another and eventually got to a pretty intense article about struggling Christian college students. Interested, I read it through and was intrigued when the author briefly mentioned the World Race. I had never heard of it, so I did some investigating.
I applied that night.
Since I’ve been in college, for three years now, I’ve been happy. I’ve enjoyed my life and made incredible memories. But something has always been missing. I’ve always said that this—classrooms and parties and conventional life—wasn’t for me. I knew that God was calling me to do something else, but until I discovered the World Race I had no idea what that was. For the last two months, I’ve been devouring every blog posted by current racers, watching videos in excess, created packing lists and fundraising ideas, contacted racers on the field, even started drafting blogs. This was all before I was even accepted.
You know how people say, in regards to marriage and love, “You just know when it’s the one.” Well, that’s kind of how I feel about the World Race. I just know that it’s the one. It’s the one thing that God is calling me to do at this point in my life, and He isn’t being quiet about it!
In highschool I realized my heart for missions, and even more so last summer when I worked for YouthWorks. I’ve never felt more myself, more alive, or more connected to Jesus than when working for YouthWorks. I’ve recently realized that God is calling me to use my heart for missions on an even bigger scale. I’m happy with this life, but I need to do more. I fall in love with whatever place I am and whatever I’m doing and there are pieces of my heart scattered around everywhere I’ve ever been. So I’m making the decision to answer God’s call and become the person that He created me to be.
The World Race is nothing like anything I’ve ever done before, but it’s exactly like what I want to spend my forever doing.
