The race starts tomorrow and I will miss all of ya’ll so much! I was given enough gift certificates for a thermarest from REI, someone lent me a tent for a year, I’m almost all the way to my financial goal, and God has blown me away with the people who are praying for me.
I finished packing my bag two hours ago and in 3.5 hours my alarm will announce the start of my new year. Thank you guys so much for praying for me as I’ve prepared for the past three months, it has blessed me and been a huge part of the reason I am even going.
Different emotions have run through my heart throughout this preparation process. All in all it’s shaping up to be an unbelieveable year. But there are a few things that I feel apprehensive about – hopefully the rest of this blog will help you pray as we go. A fellow world racer posted a similar top ten blog and I liked the idea, so am following suit.
Top ten things that scare me about the world race:
10. Being attacked.
9. Being a participant while having a background with the AIM family.
8. Not having a kindred spirit.
7. Moving my focus off of Jesus.
6. Not being productive because I try to have my hands in too many things.
5. Being alone in my faith.
4. Coming home after its experiencing the world’s pain.
3. Finding out that I’m not the person I want to be and have worked so hard at.
2. Not having the faith to see the miracles I know Jesus can and wants to do.
1. Finding out that the Jesus I have come to understand and fallen in love with in the past few months isn’t necessarily true.
*Also, I would love to send ya’ll postcards at different times throughout the year. Please comment and leave your mailing address so I can access it at any time during the year. You are all so special to me and I am so excited for what God is going to do in your lives while I am gone. I will be pryaing for you as well. Much love to all!
