In 18 days I will be meeting a group of about 70 radicals with whom I will spend the next 11 months.
In 60 days I will be leaving on an adventure about 10 months in the making.
What goes through the mind of someone who is about to leave everything she knows and everybody she counts on for strength and support?
Honestly I think It just hit me when I went to my calendar to count the number of days until training camp. I’m not sayin’ screamed and jumped up and down….but I’m not sayin’ I didn’t 😉
I am excited and expectant and quite unsure of what this trip is going to look like. I have heard endless stories and read plenty of blogs depicting the ‘everyday life’ of a World Racer. However everyone also says that no trip is alike and to be ready for the unexpected. So all that I am sure of is that God has called, I am going, and He will use me. I feel it already.
The Lord has been taking my faith to places it has never been before. When circumstances continue to be against me I can just hear Him saying ‘Will you still trust me still?’….’Will you still trust me still?’
Maybe I am being foolish (only time will tell) but I have no doubt that God will take care of things. From finances, to safety, to the accomplishing of our goal, He is sovereign…and He’s got it covered. My peace and my joy is in the same God who SPOKE everything into being. And He says this to us….
And He said to them, ‘Follow Me and I will make you fishers of Men’.
-Matthew 4:19
He is the on making this happen. All I am doing is simply following my Savior as best as I can with His strength equipping me.
There are so many things I am uncertain of and I won’t lie….I have done my fair share of crying lately…mainly because of all the precious people in my life. But Christ is the strength of my heart………
My flesh and my heart may fail
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
-Psalm 73:26
This has never been about me anyways. its about hope and restoration being brought to Gods people and about God being glorified and lifted high in their lives.
They must hear the glorious name of our Savior so that they may call upon Him and be saved! His name must be lifted high. As much as I love my friends and family here…is it strange to say that the Lord has given me such a love for people I have never met?
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