A couple of months ago an opportunity arose and I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to take it or not. I had been debating for a while if I was on the right route, if I was supposed to go to Albania, South Africa and the Philippines. I knew the Philippines was where I was being called to go, but I didn’t know if God was calling me to Albania and South Africa. Those places seemed exciting, but at the same time they just didn’t feel right.
I was talking to some of my friends, from my route, when we all got an email saying that there was a new route available and that we should check it out. I, at the time didn’t think much of it. I decided that that I would look at it and if it intrigued me I would look more into it. I was by no means prepared for what happened next. I clicked on the link that brought me to where this new route was supposed to be and from there I could already feel my heart racing and tears starting to build in my eyes. This was it, this is where I was supposed to be going.
You see I had been asking God if I was even supposed to be on the World Race and he kept saying “be patient”, every single time I would ask him that was his response. When I clicked on the link that brought me to the new route and I saw the countries that it was going to all He said was “Go” and I didn’t have to look back. I took those words, hesitant at first but after getting my feet under me again, I ran with them and I had no intention of looking back.
So if you haven’t figured it out by now I’ll just come out and say it, I’m changing routes. Instead of going to South Africa, Albania and the Philippines for 9 months I will be going to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Nepal, and the Philippines for 9 months and I couldn’t be more confident in this decision. I will be staying in Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 1 month each. Ethiopia and Nepal for 2 months each and the Philippines for 3 months.
Now I’m just letting you know that I didn’t decide to go on this mission trip in particular because it seemed better or had more countries that I wanted to go to. I decided that this one was the one for me when I saw the countries on the list and I had this overwhelming amount of joy that was cast over me. In that moment I knew I had to pray about it, I sat there with tears streaming down my face saying “God send me” and you know what He said “Go”. After continued prayer, thought, and conversation with close family and friends, I increasingly felt that this opportunity was what God wanted me to pursue.
Now with that being said I still need to raise $8,222 by December that’s equal 12 people donating $100 for 7 months or 30 people donating $40 for 7 months if you can’t do either of those would you consider doing $10 or even just a $1, every dollar does count and I am extremely grateful for every dollar that God has allowed me to raise thus far. If you still can’t do either of those I would like to ask you to pray for me, the more prayer warriors I have the better.
I am not asking you to support me, I am asking you to support the Kingdom of God and the ability to further it. I’m asking you to support the people that my team and I will get to come in contact with, the ones that need to hear the truth of the Gospel. Those that don’t have the ability to read the Gospel every day, those that don’t have the luxury of going to Church every Sunday, and those that just need to know the love of Christ. That is what you’re supporting when you help me fundraise, you’re supporting a growth in the Kingdom of God.
