Hi everyone!! I am SOOOO excited to announce to all of you what my plans for after high school are!!
Lately, I’ve been really stressed and anxious about what I want to do with my life after I graduate, and have been searching for direction. During debrief for my trip to Puerto Rico, I learned about the World Race Gap Year: a mission trip that travels to three countries in the span of nine months. It sounded amazing, but I immediately thought of a list of negative reasons why it wouldn’t work for me and pushed it aside. But then I realized- we could all go through life finding the negatives in every situation that we face, and trust me- there will be negatives.
I found myself filling out the application without even thinking-I felt like it was something I needed to do. I continued to complete the application, but figured that my desire to go was temporary and would likely fade. But then I realized, my love and desire to serve God isn’t temporary and won’t fade, so why would this? This could be what He has next for me and how He wants me to serve Him. My trip to Puerto Rico taught me to fully trust in God when I’m faced with worries or challenges. So, I trusted in Him, gave it to Him, and anxiously waited for direction. And by anxiously, I mean anxiously. Well, direction from God isn’t always as obvious as we want it to be. Yesterday, one of my friends said to me,
“God is the lamp at your feet, He doesn’t show you your whole path, only your next step, you just have to trust in where you think He wants you to go.”
I can’t come up with a better way to explain it. Knowing exactly where God wants me to be most likely won’t ever be that obvious, but I will still trust completely in Him.
I prayed about it for a few days, went back and forth, until one day, while I was driving home listening to “You make me brave” by Bethel Music & Amanda Cook, it hit me. This huge wave of emotion came over me (probably not the best because I was driving, oops). I can’t describe the feeling, it was so liberating, and that’s when I knew exactly what I had to do. I had to do the World Race Gap Year. I didn’t care about the details, big or small, because if this was what God was calling me to do, He’d find a way. I have to fundraise A LOT of money, which honestly, sort of scares me. I don’t want to have to ask people for money, but I know that choosing God’s path is always the right decision, and He will provide everything I need.
I want to thank everyone who took the time to read this post, it means so much to me. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want to know more about what I’m doing! You can also check it out at http://www.worldrace.org/. I hope that all of you want to be a part of this journey I’m on, and I would love to talk to you about it! Also, I’ll be posting my route and more details when it’s finalized!
To all of my Puerto Rico people: I love you all so much and am so very thankful that God brought each of you into my life. You’ve taught me more than I could ever tell you. The experiences I had in Puerto Rico have been a huge part of all of this.
And I also want to thank my parents, who have been so supportive of my decision. I love you guys 🙂
