The first time I heard about the World Race, I just knew that I had to do it. When I saw that there is a route that travels exclusively through Asia, well, that pretty much sealed the deal for me. I’ve always been interested in Asian culture, which then developed into my dream of one day getting to visit this part of world and meet the people who call these countries home.
I’m so thankful for being on the World Race because I’m eager to share hope and love through the story of Jesus to people who maybe have never felt seen or heard or loved. I’m excited about the relationships I will be able to build with people who I seemingly have nothing in common with, except for the fact that we’re both loved fiercely and were created by God. I know that the World Race will be a challenging and richly rewarding adventure, and I’m so open to growing and learning and changing through my experiences. I’m looking forward to documenting these experiences in my blog, and I hope you’ll continue reading as I update it throughout the entire trip!
“And so my prayer is that your story will have involved some leaving and some coming home, some summer and some winter, some roses blooming out like children in a play. My hope is your story will be about changing, about getting something beautiful born inside of you about learning to love a woman or a man, about learning to love a child, about moving yourself around water, around mountains, around friends, about learning to love others more than we love ourselves, about learning oneness as a way of understanding God. We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and the resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn’t it?
It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out.
I want to repeat one word for you:
Leave.
Roll the word around on your tongue for a bit. It is a beautiful word, isn’t it? So strong and forceful, the way you have always wanted to be. And you will not be alone. You have never been alone. Don’t worry. Everything will still be here when you get back. It is you who will have changed.” – Donald Miller
