We were asked to write about how we are called to the mission field. I’m still trying to figure that out myself, so this should be interesting. I can’t say that I’ve heard a clear voice telling me to go or anything like that, but the chain of events that led me to do this is undeniably God’s hand.
A year ago at this time if you would have told me that I was going to be doing missions overseas for eleven months, I probably would have told you that you were on crack. I had a good job, money to spend, and life was just comfy. After school I started a machining job at a great company. I really enjoyed it, worked hard, and started moving up in the company. About this time last year I started getting very restless, and thinking “wow is this all there is?” In January my department was down sized and I got moved back to my boring old position. I started thinking this must be a sign to move on, but move on to what? My sister had been involved in a youth ministry in Colorado, and I had some exposure to it, so I thought that’s what God must want me to do. I applied for a job there, but wasn’t hired. This left me confused. “Ok God, now what?” he goes “what about missions?” I’m like “No way!” I’ve wanted to travel overseas for awhile, so the whole spring and summer I started looking up all kinds of stuff to do. I found everything from, backpacking to temporary work visas. It was all really cool, but I realized that in the end all I would have to show for my time would be a fat picture book. This whole time I was just getting more and more restless. Finally I was like “Ok God I’ll look into missions”. I started surfing the web looking at different stuff, and thinking ok this might be a possibility. Then I came across the World Race website, and I was instantly captivated. I started researching it and praying about it, and after about a month I decided to sign up.
I am writing this after training camp. After meeting my squad and seeing the Lord work in our lives, I can say without a doubt that this is where God wants me to be. Funny thing is, now that he has me all ready to go, God is starting to give me a burden for the people that we will be serving. God is going to use this group of people to do some amazing things for his kingdom this next year, and I’m deeply honored that he chose me to be a part of it.
