For the last month everyone has been telling me how “cool” I am, when I tell them that I am participating in The World Race.
“Oh my gosh that’s so awesome, you’re so cool!!” or “Oh wow that’s….ummmm….cool.”
But the truth is, when God called me to go on this journey, it was not to make me “cool.” God has a huge plan for all of our lives, and part of that plan is to always glorify Him.
A year ago, I felt called to the mission field when reading the book “Kisses from Katie.” Katie Davis’ life in Uganda inspired me, and I admired how she could just drop everything and go into the unknown. When I first felt this calling from God to do what Katie did, I knew all I had to do was say yes. The problem was, I didn’t feel like I was “Christian” enough or spiritual enough. I felt like I didn’t have much to offer to God and his people, so I kept saying no. But if you look through the Bible, isn’t it crazy how God always seems to use the weakest the most??
I started college, because that’s what I had always wanted to do. I never found my “dream” school but decided to attend school anyway. God wrecked those plans fast, making me realize more than ever that I could not push this calling to missions away forever.
I started praying that God would allow me to not only say Yes once and for all to Him, but that He would make that Yes come from my heart. That He would make His plans my plans, and that I would want to live the life that He prepared for me.
And He answered every single one of those prayers. It’s funny how fast God can change your life around and all you have to do is say yes.
I am so overjoyed to say that now, I am so so excited that God has given me this calling! I am looking forward to experiencing the unknown with my amazing squad-mates and I know that in these next months leading up to launch and in the nine months that I will be on the field, God will continue to move in my heart as He shows me His world and His people.
