Look at this picture! How could anyone not want that?
This is the next squad of world racers who have answered the call to pack up the life they know it, shove it all in a backpack, say their goodbyes and head out into the unknown. When I look at this picture I see JOY and energy. They will need it! They will be stretched and broken. They will be set free of all the baggage they have carried with them for so long. They will be changed and transformed and will never be the same. Trust me, it’s impossible to go back to the way you were.
They will experience all of this AND they might just get to set some captives free and bring the light of a savior to places filled with darkness. They might get to hold a baby in Africa and tell him that God is in love with him. They might see an angel in China. Perhaps they’ll see a miraculous healing. They might. We don’t know at this point what they will get to do and see, it’s all part of the mystery…. But we do know they want it. And it’s beautiful!
I am getting to join this squad in the Dominican Republic this January to help launch them into the great unknown. Again, I don’t know what will happen, but I know God is calling me to invest here and what an exciting call that is!
Here’s the deal. They want it. And anyone who has had experience with the world race and seen and felt what it’s all about… we want it for them. They need a little help getting there! MANY of them are in dire need of support and the deadline is bearing down quickly. I remember the highs and lows my team experienced with support raising… it is a tough process because it is not of this world but the miracles that happen are amazing. I LOVE World Race support miracles!!! I’m praying for about 16 of those in the next week!
Please consider supporting one of these amazing world racers to be. If you go to the world race homepage you can get to their blogs by clicking on the January 2009 link.
If you want to connect with a racer that I have some personal ties with, let me introduce you to
Di Dinnis. Di and I connected through Dave Berg when I was still in the field. Di met my parents and I in Georgia and has asked my Parents and I to cover her in prayer and to mentor her this year… and all this when my Mom was starting to get her life back with our squad back from the race and blogging less and less 😉 We got to meet her at REI over Thanksgiving and pick out a beautiful pink sleeping bag (among other really “serious” camping gear!).
She is a fireball of energy and an amazing woman. In the short amount of time we have gotten to know her she has planted herself deep in our hearts.
Di didn’t grow up in a church family and so is in need of some churches to take her in by praying for her and supporting her financially! What I want for Christmas is donations to her account. You just click the “Support Me” link on the left hand side of her page or by clicking the handy direct link I’ve set up below. It’s an investment in her transformation and in God’s kingdom. Giving at a time when money is tight and storing up treasure in heaven… wow, that’s hard to wrap and put under a Christmas tree but what a gift it is!!
Thank You In Advance For Your Support of Di
and the January 2009 Squad!
P.S. Di and I are cut from somewhat similar cloth…. here’s one last gem I found to entice you to support her:
Di on the cover of her Campus Magazine!! Look at that spirit! Wow, she is going to be a great world racer 🙂
