Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post but let me tell you every day God has been blessing me left and right. I feel so grateful for His love and the fact that I truly am cherished by the Lord. So I thought I would explain to you why I am being called on the race and why I chose this route. 10 months ago my missions pastor who is also a great friend of mine told me about the world race and had super awesome things to say about the journey. Since that day God has very bluntly been telling me to apply. He made it so clear that He wants me doing his work in these countries so far from home. This isn’t my first mission trip and I already knew this is what the Lord has called me to spend this next season doing. All I wanted for as long as I can remember was to travel, help others, and minister to them. I knew my life wouldn’t be the average 40 hours a week and two week vacation type of story. I waited an entire month to apply because I knew that I would be accepted to this route. The human in me felt scared. I was fearful to leave my entire family behind all while my own mom is deployed. In fact we won’t be able to see each other for a whole 14 months. So my anxiety coming into this was already extremely high. Having to leave my youngest brother and my dad behind scared me. Every message at church, every worship song I would jam out to made it even more clear that I have to put myself and my plans aside and be Jesus’ hands and feet. My plans are nothing compared to the plans that God has for me. So here I am. Willing and so excited to live like Jesus did. Loving others like Jesus loves us. I couldn’t be more excited for this journey. I am extremely blessed in every way possible. I am hopeful that going on this trip will grow my love for missions. I am hoping to be blessed beyond any type of expectation that I could have. I can’t wait for this journey and to meet all my squad mates! Thank you all for praying for me and donating. Your love and support means so much to me.
