I swore I’d never do missions again

March 2017-Santiago, Chile 

I sit on a mattress in the room I share with my teammate Kaitlyn. As we talk and I share with her my heart and all I’m dreaming of she blurts out “oh man I just got the weirdest feeling. You’re not going home.”
What?
“It will be sudden, unexpected, but I’m certain…you’re not going home.”
I believe her, feel it in my heart as well…but…what would that look like? I had no idea.

Throughout the race God has been relentlessly prodding me with an idea.

“Have you ever thought of squad leading? You would be great.”
Nahh I’m good.

“What are you doing after the race, I almost asked you if you wanted to squad lead.”
I’m just trusting that God will show me my next step at the right time.

“There’s this new option for alumni team leaders, you should think about it.”
I really just want to go home.

“You would make a great alum TL.”
Why does everyone keep saying that? I’m never doing the World Race again!

Craaaappp. This happens every time.”No absolutely not, never.” I make up my mind and leave no room for Jesus. But MAN, He is persistent. 

After brushing it off for the hundredth time I got that all too familiar drop in my stomach, you know the one that means you’re ignoring Holy Spirit? I begin to pray that God would open my heart to the idea of it, IF it is His will and…. 
BOOM.
Explosion of all the feels.
Peace. Love. Certainty. Strength. Freedom. Excitement.

It suddenly becomes all I can think about.

I reach out to leadership and tell them what’s on my heart, ask them to be praying. The message comes back quickly, “lets go!”
That was easy. Too easy. God begins opening up doors and opportunities, everything quickly and effortlessly falling into place.

And now I’m here. Less than one month away from shipping out AGAIN.
I’ll be honest. I miss my home. I miss my family. I miss my friends. But I will NOT miss Jesus’s calling on my life.
So PLEASE watch this video my beautiful friend Faith put together to see what God has done over the last year of my life and to learn more about this incredible next dance with my Creator. 

 

The 10/40 Window refers to regions of the eastern hemisphere, plus the European and African part of the western hemisphere, located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator. This area is known to have the highest level of socioeconomic challenges, and least access to the Christian message and Christian resources on the planet. Predominantly Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, Jewish, or atheist, many governments in the 10/40 window are officially or unofficially opposed to Christian work of any kind within their borders.

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