The emotional and spiritual rollercoaster I have been on since the first day I decided to go on the world race is insane. I haven’t even left my home yet and I have grown so much with the Lord and hearing him speak to me. Since deciding to go I have been thrown many curve balls, the biggest being medical problems and time limits to go with that. I was unable to take my first 9 month route because of surgery, but being that we weren’t allowed to launch overseas yet, I was happy to spend the holidays with my family. My plan after the race is to hopefully get into OTA school in August but my interview will be in May which my current route would prohibit me from being home for. I was unsure of what that meant other than just going and trusting the Lord with what that looks like for me in May. Now that I am home with covid I got asked to consider taking a different route that would put me coming home at the end of April to be home for my interview. To say this was an easy decision would be a lie, my flesh was ready to leave the first chance I got, January 3. This route has me leaving January 22, even though it’s only 18 days later I really struggled with it. I spent lots of time in prayer and worrying, more than I know I should have and it came down to this; God already had this plan. Just because I didn’t know of it yet doesn’t mean it wasn’t going to happen. He was just waiting for me to trust him with what my interview would look like, and then he was going to open a door for me to have both. Now I just have to be patient and wait an extra 18 days to leave. This whole thing has already been a journey of spiritual growth and testing, but I am so glad I serve a God who always has a plan, and it’s always with my best interest at heart. Now I am so ready to just GO!
