Hello my faithful readers!
I have some wonderful and very exciting news. Due to visa complications in Zambia, we will only be able to be in the country for 30 days. That means we will be visiting six countries instead of five! In addition to India, Nepal, Zambia, Malawi, and Ecuador, we will also be going to Zimbabwe!
I also am about 12% funded! I do need to have $5,000 by June 15th, but I am almost halfway to my first goal, thank you so much to everyone who has donated not only their money, but their time in prayer for me. Your support means so much.
There is also one thing that I have been thinking about lately that I wanted to share. This trip is going to be wonderful opportunity and I will get to see some wonderful places and have some amazing experiences. But that is in no way the point of this trip. Most of time we will be working within the community to share the love of Christ. We could be living in a big, beautiful city, or living in a tiny village made of pieces of tin and cardboard boxes. This trip is not for me to go see the world. This trip is to go to these places to share God with the people who need it most, and possibly have not heard before. I know without a doubt that this is where God is leading me. I found this really cool company led by Joseph Gordon-Levitt called hitRECord, and is a platform for people to share their art and work on projects. Everything from music, to art, to writing, to animation, to photography and cinematography. Joseph Gordon-Levitt had a couple seasons of a live show where he shared about things people have submitted, and the first episode was focused on the number 1. He talked about first times doing things, collaboratively wrote a song about everyone, and many other things having to do with the number 1. I also recently read a blog from another Racer where she discussed the exact amount that we need to raise(please go and read her blog, it is definitely something that I have also thinking about. http://kendalladams.theworldrace.org/post/to-the-person-who-thinks-that-they-cant-help). $14,951. I, similar to her, like even numbers. Why not just $14,950? Or $15,000? Why is there that silly $1? Because every 1 is important. Every minute, every person. And that is why I am doing this Race. I want to be able to change one person’s life. I want to share with someone the amazing love, mercy, and wonder of my God so they can experience the same wonder that I do on a daily and hourly basis. William Temple said “Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking of yourself at all.” And this is why I never had thought that this would be something that someone might have an issue with. In my mind, this trip has never been about me. Since I began the process to apply, I was not thinking about all of the places I get to go and things I get to do. I have been thinking about the one person that I can minister to. I have been thinking about the one person I can build, and keep, a relationship with.
I am very excited to travel, but that is just a tiny plus side to the wonderful work that God will be doing.
I am excited for this trip, but not for me. I am excited on behalf of the people who have not gotten to learn about the amazing power, love, and mercy of our amazing God.
I don’t want any of you reading this to think that this trip is for any level of selfish desire to see the world. The point of this trip is to pull myself, my comfort level, and everything I know completely out of the equation, and to focus on spreading the hope of God.
Thank you for the support of my trip in any way you have, whether financial, prayer, or telling other people about this trip, as well as keeping up with my blogs.
