Come this October I will be following God’s call to join in on the World Race movement! I have dreamed of this opportunity since my junior year of college but it never felt like the right time until now. Let me tell you a little bit about the journey God has led me on to reach this point…
It started with walking to an 8am class my junior year of college. Those walks seemed to be a struggle but thankfully I had friends who had the same class which led to many conversations. One of those conversations included this thing called the ‘World Race’. My friend Sarah was telling me all about it which included traveling to 11 different countries for 11 months with a group of people you cannot get away from for alone time. This sounded great in retrospect but who in their right mind would do that? I kept asking myself that question but for the next two years, the ‘World Race’ would always be in the back of my mind.
The two years were filled with papers, stress, friends, laughter and so many memories. I had some friends who knew exactly where God was calling them and then others who still felt lost and trying to find their way. I was a part of the group that still felt lost and trying to find the path God wanted me to take. Thankfully He spoke to me clearly on a trip to Guatemala. God told me to be patient and to take it step by step….of course I replied “Easier said then done God”.
With Graduation looming in the future, I decided to work at a summer camp as a special needs counselor. I had never been to camp as a kid and never worked at one during college so I thought, why not? Graduation came and went and then God moved more in that summer then I ever imagined He would.
Then God led my feet to the city of Pittsburgh for a year long internship with a local non profit that works directly with the homeless community. Once again, I had no idea why God was leading me here since I had never worked with the homeless community and I thought I would hate to live in the city. God proved me wrong. I love the community that God has given me in Pittsburgh and I cannot imagine living anywhere else at the moment.
Now God has me thinking about the next steps once again. After much prayer and wise counsel, I have decided to follow His call to participate in the World Race come this October!!!! I am a roller coaster of emotions which range from excited, stoked, sad, nervous, pumped, worried and all kinds of other emotions. I will be traveling to Asia, Africa and South America. I still cannot fathom what this next step contains for the journey that we call life holds.
I ask for your prayers at this time and will be giving you all more information soon on how to help in specific ways. I just wanted to let you all in on this exciting news! If you have any questions or thoughts you would like to share please do 🙂
