Welcome to my World Race Blog! I want to use the attention of my first blog post to help cast an understanding of the vision I have for the World Race! I was blessed to spend this previous summer working at Camp Dixie, in North Carolina! It was there that I met so many awesome people that dedicate their lives to spreading the Gospel and giving hope to others. I have to stop myself from bragging on them because if I do, then that’d be a blog entry all in itself! But I bring up these people because they did something that was beyond just making me feel good. The love they displayed for the Lord, the campers, and each other simply challenged me. They challenged me to use my passion for children’s ministry and to take it all across the world. That love that Camp Dixie has, is challenging me in my spiritual walk even today and has led me to the World Race. I learned so many things about the mission field and about myself while I was there. The most important lesson camp taught me, is that it isn’t about me.
Although camp for three months was more fun than I would have imagined, it was still challenging. There were times where I would be upset with myself or someone that I was serving alongside with. There were times where I felt that I just wasn’t making a difference in the kids lives. It didn’t take long for camp to teach me that I could do so much more if I took the focus off of me and put it on God. When I started to do that I got to witness amazing things. Although playing games with the kids was fun, there was nothing more rewarding than serving in a less noticeable way (Ignore the hypocrisy of me blogging about this). I found joy in working a water slide and telling kids when they can go and when they can’t. I found joy in getting on my hands and knees building a camp fire. The theme of summer staff was to serve like Jesus and it took me about three weeks before camp ended to fully understand what they were talking about. That form of service led to amazing conversations about Jesus with people I had just met.
The passion of serving, that Camp Dixie instills in their staff led me to the World Race. A co-worker told me about it and I was interested immediately. I remember spending that night watching videos and reading blogs of racers. Spending eleven months serving, sharing the gospel, and seeing the world has been a dream ever since I heard of the possibility. I hope that you will invest in this journey, not just financially but spiritually. I want you to subscribe to my blog so I can show you what amazing things God is doing throughout this mission. That includes fundraising! I will be posting in this blog at least twice a month! Any questions, advice, or ideas that could help me are very welcome! Thank you for reading and God bless!
