So you’re probably wondering why I want to spend almost a year in some pretty difficult places.
To understand me a little bit better, I wanted to share some of the events that led me to the World Race. I am currently in grad school, and I’ll be graduating in May of this year (61 days, but who’s counting?). Up until about two months ago, I thought I knew exactly where my life was headed. I was getting married, applying for jobs, and I had my whole life planned out.
Then things changed.
This was the point where God began showing me so many things. He showed me that I was engaged to marry someone who wasn’t the best for me. I was applying for jobs, but they weren’t the best for me. And I had made all of these “great” plans, but they weren’t the best for me. God began showing me that even my most well thought-out plans couldn’t even compare to what He had in store for me. So what did I do during this crazy transition period? I prayed. And I prayed. And I prayed. And what did God do? He slowly began to reveal things to me.
The World Race? Is that like a marathon or something?
He started by putting the World Race on my mind. As I was praying about the World Race, I came up with about a thousand reasons why I couldn’t do it: it’s too long; it’s too intense; it’s too much money; it’s too hard. When I had finished coming up with all of my excuses, God showed me that He is bigger than everything I am worried about, He won’t give me anything I can’t handle, and He’ll be with me the whole time. So after I finished being stubborn (me, stubborn?), I told God that I would be obedient if this was something He wanted me to do. I still wasn’t sure if He wanted me to do the World Race at this point, but I prayed that God would make it very, very, very evident to me if this was something He wanted me to do. So I started the application process, went through the interview, and then waited to hear back to see if I had made it through the process. I prayed that if this wasn’t something He wanted me to do, for me to not get through to the next step.
What happened?
Lo and behold, I got a call a week later that I had been accepted. The next step in the process was having my parent’s blessing. I had prayed that God would change my parents’ hearts (they weren’t too crazy about me spending 11 months halfway around the world), and a few days later, they told me they were really excited about the opportunity, and they gave me their blessing (crazy, huh?).
Now what?
So now I am going on this amazing ministry opportunity called the World Race. I hope you will join me in this journey, and I hope you are as excited about it as I am! 🙂
