Some basics for those of you just now dropping in: My sister and I are about to embark an 11-month Christian mission trip to 11 different countries across 4 continents. We’re headed to: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Cambodia, and Thailand. The work will range from country to country in partnership with established ministries in each area. We’ll work in orphanages, build churches, minister to trafficked women, and more. Between the two of us, we need to raise a total of $36,000 by October 2017.
I don’t call myself a writer.
I love reporting. Giving the facts. It comes second nature. It’s my forte.
However, ask me to write a flowery story about why I’m now a racer, and the letters on my keyboard suddenly stick.
It’s a lot harder to write about yourself when you spend your life writing about others — In fact, making certain your opinion doesn’t shine through into your story. Unbiased.
I’m supposed to be impartial. Cold. Nonpartisan.
Now, suddenly, I’m given a platform where I can be passionate. Warm. As political as I want to be.
So here goes.
I’ve been called to become a world racer in the following countries:
Chile
Bolivia
Paraguay/Argentina
Cambodia
Thailand
Serbia
Romania
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Uganda
Showing God’s love to 11 different countries in only 11 months.
And my sister, Sarah, is coming with me.
And we both have to raise $18,000 by next October.
It’s a lot to process, and we have a lot of work to do.
But we’re excited to begin.
