I am currently sitting in the Atlanta airport anxiously awaiting my squad’s first flight on the Race to Haiti. I look around at all of my squad mates that are attempting to get some sleep before our first flight leaves in four and a half hours and I just can’t believe that I’m here. I’m going on the World Race. But I can’t stop the questions from flooding my mind. Am I ready? Can I really leave my best friends and family for 11 months? Can I really live out of a backpack for a year? Can I really change the world… or at least change the world for one person?
The answers to these questions are really that it doesn’t matter. I’ve been super bad about updating my blog (I promise I’ve made it a goal to be better!), but my week at training camp was unbelievable. It completely wrecked me in the absolute best way possible. I have never been more spiritually, physically, or emotionally exhausted and honestly, it was an indescribable and incredible feeling. It has taken me weeks to process all of the knowledge and wisdom that was poured over me during my week at camp. I learned so much about the Lord and the awesome journey He has for all of us if we just say yes.
So I’m here, and I’m saying yes. When God met Moses at the burning bush, He called him to go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt. But Moses’ first reaction was to question God. Moses didn’t think that he had what it took. He asked God, “Who am I?” I think we can all relate to Moses here. His fear of what’s coming next has been my life for the past 4 or 5 months. But Moses was ready, just as I am ready because God has placed this calling on my heart, and I am choosing to say yes. Moses is just the man that God wants and God calls him to go. He was small in his own eyes, but just small enough so that God could use him. The Lord promised Moses that He would be with him, and there is no greater promise. Not only am I ready to embark on this crazy 11-month journey around the world with the Lord of the universe, but I am also ready to bring His kingdom to earth. I am ready to direct my attention toward the Lord and away from myself.
You see; it’s not about who we are. I don’t have what it takes to travel to 11 countries in 11 months and love people the way that Christ loves me. I don’t have what it takes to go on the World Race because the question is not who am I, but who is He? The key is God’s presence. So am I ready? I’m ready because of who He is. Can I really leave my best friends and family for 11 months? I can because of who He is. Can I really live out of a backpack for a year? I can because of who He is. Can I really change the world? Yes. I can because of who He is. So this year, I’m letting go. I’m not going to ask myself why He would ever choose to send me because it’s not about me. It’s about Jesus and bringing His light and His love and His kingdom to every being I encounter on the Race. I’m saying yes, I’m jumping in with both feet, and I’m not looking back. I challenge you to do the same. I am so excited about this journey we’re about to embark on and I’m so blessed to bring you all along with me!
Please be praying for safe travels into Haiti as we begin our journey and that we would be a blessing to the ministries we will be working with!
