A couple days ago, I was driving home from Atlanta during rush hour. For those of you who live in Georgia, you all know the nightmare of Atlanta rush hour traffic. As much as I absolutely love driving, I was not looking forward to the bumper to bumper, 95 degree, hour drive home.
To my astonishment, google maps being as God sent as it is, took me home a strange way through a bunch of back roads in order to avoid traffic.
I exited onto a back country road i’ve never seen before, and I glance at the GPS and see 16 miles. 16 miles of nothing but rolling fields, lush green trees shading the road, and not a single traffic light in sight HALLELUJAH. As I effortlessly drove, I realized my sweet father gave me this time to be alone with Him, and PROCESS LIFE with Him.
I had the pleasure of having room to sort through everything going on in my mind, while enjoying the open road and lush country around me.
Now I am going to share everything I got to think through on that 16 mile drive.
This is not going to be put together, it’s going to be honest, and a little goofy, and very real. enjoy!
I leave for the race in 15 days. CRAZY.
Last week I got vaccinated. Goodness what an experience. Malaria, typhoid, meningitis, poleo, tetanus, yellow fever, & cholera. All of which consisted of 4 shots, one drinkable cocktail, one take home pill, and 9 months worth of malaria pills. SHEESH! The days after the vaccines were not my favorite days to say the least…cholera and yellow fever took their toll on my body. With all the vaccines flowing through my body right now, hopefully I won’t become typhoid Mary on the race haha!
I gave myself dreadlocks one night at 3am, and took them out 4 days later because of the hack job I did on them.
I am fully funded!! Praise God!!
$16,600
When I was first accepted to the race, I saw that number, and was not worried or intimidated by it. The Lord promised right then and there that I was going to be fully funded before I launch. My response to that was plain and simple, I said, “Sweet I can’t wait to see you fulfill that promise.” Eight months later I’m standing in adoration for a Father who keeps His promises and cares for me so well!
To my supporters.. my cheerleaders,
I admire you all and how you trust God’s big picture plan enough to give money and support for His pursual of my heart, my mind, and the nations! My heart is overflowing with adoration and a feeling of honor when thinking about how much provision i have experienced from God’s people! I feel honored and empowered by a community pushing me forward into the plans God has for me.
God bless you all!!
I’m starting to think about what i’m going to pack…more importantly the things i have to get (I’ve been receiving a LOT of amazon packages at my door the past couple of weeks)
My biggest fear about the race… is losing my retainer
It sounds silly, but if you know me well, you know that I will wear my retainer every single night and do not falter from that. Period.
The fear of losing my retainer and watching the slow progression of my front tooth gap returning keeps me up at night. With that said, to ease my nerves, I took it upon myself to go to the orthodontist and get a second retainer made as a backup incase, heaven FORBID, I lose my first one.
Right now God is teaching me that He wants all of what I am RIGHT NOW! I don’t need to fix this, or do better in that area of my life, and then I’ll be ready for Him. He wants me right now! He welcomes all of my shortcomings & imperfections. He’s showing me that it’s ok to not have it all together, & that He will bring growth and healing, not me!
Until next time,
Your friendly neighborhood World Racer
