I’ve made the decision to come home from the World Race. My flight to Orlando got in yesterday and I’ve been sleeping ever since.
This decision wasn’t an easy one, but I feel it was the correct response to what God was asking me to do. It’s a very long story of seeking & listening & tears shed, but I can share the bare bones with you here. Never ever ever ever ever did I think I would be coming home 4 months shy of the end but… About three months ago I had a dream about leaving the race. I dismissed it, but it kept coming back to me. Less than a week later, I had a second dream where I left the race after month seven (this number seemed irrelevant at the time). I took this as God asking me to commit to praying about it. At first, I did this kicking and screaming. I would seek God in prayer about it all the while trying not to hear what He was saying and I lived the next couple of months just hoping it would go away. Slowly, He began to reveal more and more of His desire for me and slowly, my heart changed toward the prospect. Everything has been confirmed toward this decision since the first dream until the very end up to the purchase of my plane ticket home & the prophetic prayers my squad spoke over me the night before I departed. I’m excited about what’s to come, though I have absolutely no idea what the future is going to look like, I’m okay with it. I truly believe that to have called me home from the race, God has something incredible in store. And even if He doesn’t, my greatest desire is to be obedient no matter the cost. A verse that has brought me incredible peace through everything is Job 23:10 which reads, “But He knows the way that I take and when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.�
To everyone who has supported me whether in prayer, monetary donations, or just an encouraging message here and there, I am forever grateful to you. The money you’ve provided in my support account has brought me to exactly this point on the race and no further, that’s not to say that I would have gone home due to lack of funds because the rest of the money had been pledged to me. I pray that God blesses you for your obedience to Him.
Even though I am home now, my amazing team full of friends is still obviously on the field. Please join me in prayer for them as they continue the duration of the race. Their names are: Leslie Redman, Chelsea Hoffman, Tim Guindon & Matthew Poole.
I’m looking forward to sharing stories with you, whether by phone or in person, to hear about everything God’s been doing in your lives while I’ve been gone & to share some of my own.
To contact me, my email address is still: [email protected] & my new phone number is 407-443-3292.
Over the next week, or so, I’ll be updating my blog from the last couple of months. I had blogs written on my computer for the next time we made it to internet but my computer was stolen, along with my camera, this month while in Tanzania so I have to start from scratch.
Thank you for your support in my journey to the race, on the race, and now home. I love you & may God continue to shine His face upon you.
