Hello everyone!!
Wowzers, it’s been a long time! Life has been going by so fast, and these past couple of weeks God has been doing a lot of perspective and attitude changes in my heart. So much so that I felt the need to share what He’s been doing and give an update on my whereabouts with the WorldRace!
In my last blog, I gave an update saying that I deferred to the September 2021 gap year due to COVID-19. Well, not long after that I began to question whether staying home this school year was the right decision after all. Many of my squadmates on the September 2020 gap year decided to stay on that trip and go to Gainsville, GA to do ministry and discipleship. I never felt called to go to GA this fall, but once the Instagram posts and WorldRace blogs started flowing into my daily feeds, uncertainty and even regret started to fill my heart. All the squadmates I got to know over the last year from all over the country had begun their journey together while I was stuck at home.
I was ungrateful. And as a result, whether I was conscious of it or not, I was doubting God and the places He had led me.
I quickly realized that although I had committed to staying home this fall, I still had the option to go somewhere in the spring. This is when my WorldRace advisor switched me to a 6-month gap year trip leaving January of 2021. I was excited! But I still wasn’t convinced. I wasn’t convinced that the trip would go as “normal” and launch to foreign countries without any problems–not with COVID constantly changing all our surroundings. At the time, I didn’t want to commit to my “one-shot” at the WorldRace if I couldn’t be sure it would go the way I wanted it to look. This was the trip I fundraised thousands of dollars for, the trip I wanted to spend reaching those in the 10/40 window, the trip that was supposed to get me on the mission field overseas. I couldn’t waste this opportunity on staying stateside, on doing the WorldRace in a way that was different than what I signed up for!
My solution? Apply for a teaching job at a missionary school in Bogotá, Colombia for the 2021 spring semester… to be continued in part 2!!
Please keep an eye out for my next blog where I continue sharing how God changed the entire perspective and attitude of my heart! Thank youuuuuu!
