“You’re Crazy”
I hear this a lot when I talk about The World Race. Conversations will come up, about what the trip entails, or what I want to do with my life, and how much I love Jesus. The longer these conversations go, the crazier I seem. Details about The World Race scare a lot of people, and my deep yearning to go on this trip is crazy.
I have too much of a gypsy soul.
Instead of chasing the American Dream, I’m chasing my dreams. I want to share the good news, introduce people to my good, good Father. I want to travel the world, serve “the least of these” and show people the love of Christ who have never known love.
I don’t just know about Jesus, I truly and deeply love Him. Radically.
I’m crazy, and that’s okay with me.
We teach the youth of America you can be anything you want. Follow your dreams. However, the people who do that are the crazy ones. The people who relentlessly chase their dreams are constantly told, “you’re crazy”, until they reach them. Then they are an inspiration. There’s a confusing message being told, that says, “Chase your dreams, so long as it aligns with the American Dream.”
I don’t want that. Maybe one day I’ll want to stay in one city, build a home, and climb the ranks of corporate America, but right now I do not. Right now I want to graduate college, travel the world, and share the good news of Jesus Christ.
I want to go on The World Race. I’ve felt called to The World Race for five years. So, even if it’s crazy to everybody around me, I am going to leave the comforts of America. I am going to leave the security of having a home. I am going to leave the freedom of taking my paycheck to the grocery store and buying food to cook myself. I want the crazy community that The World Race will bring. I want the uncomfortable accommodations most of these countries will bring. I want the strange things that become normal in a nomadic lifestyle. I want to be thrown way outside of my comfort zone.
I want to be the crazy one who follows my dreams, and the calling of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth.
