So I have some really exciting news to share!! I have been given the opportunity to go back out on the field this August for four more months as an alumni team leader! This is an amazing opportunity where I will get to continue growing closer to God and developing leadership skills. I will guide a team of people who are brand new to the World Race just as I was only nine months ago. I will have the chance to lead them and ensure that they have as amazing of a world race experience as I did!
Prior to coming on the race I did not view myself as a leader AT ALL. I was a great follower and I was perfectly fine allowing someone else to take charge and tell me what to do. But God has been changing me and challenging me in the area of leadership and walking in authority. One huge thing I have learned is that any good leader must be a good follower. Good leaders are not overbearing and domineering. Good leaders are gentle and patient and are able to empower those around them to use their voice.
I realized that so many times in my life I was held captive by fear. I was fearful of failing or not measuring up. I was fearful of people not liking me. I was fearful of stepping out into the uncomfortable and the unknown. But God has been stripping me of those fears that once kept me from doing so many things. I have been learning to step out in faith and do things that back in August I would have never even dreamed of doing. The results have been so so sweet and way better than anything I could have ever imagined for myself.
God is a good, loving father who wants the best for his children. All he wants is us. He wants total surrender. He wants us to say, “here is my life and I am giving you full control.” He wants us to acknowledge that his ways are higher than our ways. When we reach that point of total surrender God can take our lives and transform them into something so incredibly beautiful that is so much greater than we ever thought.
God is not finished with my story and I know he has so much more. The next step to gaining more is becoming an alumni team leader. Am I absolutely terrified? Yes. Does the thought of being away from friends and family for four extra months make me sad? Yes. But when it comes down to it the reward that I will gain from saying yes to God and this next step he has for me is so so worth it!!
The countries I will be going to are Mongolia, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. These countries are in the 10/40 window which means that they are some of the most unreached countries in the world and have extremely little access to the gospel.
In order to go back as an alumni leader for four months and four countries I will need to raise $5,500. One thing I have learned this past year through support raising is that God is extremely faithful in providing support both financially and prayerfully. If you feel led to support me financially in this journey you can donate through this website or write a check payable to “Adventures in Missions” and include “Sarah Geis” in the memo line. Please mail your tax-deductible contribution to:
Adventures in Missions
P.O. Box 742570
Atlanta, GA 30374-2570
If you cannot support financially, prayer support is also much needed and appreciated! I am so excited to continue on this journey and none of it would be possible without all of your incredible support!
