How I Decided to go on the World Race

Hi Everyone!! Thank you for supporting me:) I want to tell you a little bit about how I got here.

I’ve known since 7th grade that God has called me to do missions but up until my senior year of high school, I didn’t think too much about it. This time last year, I was figuring out what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go to college. Missions kept coming up, but it wasn’t the plan that I had so I pushed it to the side, but God continued to bring it up. I put off looking at the World Race website because I knew if I saw it then I would want to do it and that didn’t fit into my next four years I had planned. Finally, at the end of my senior year I decided to just take a look. I went through the interview process and got accepted onto the Caribbean trip that left at the beginning of September. I went back and forth for a little bit on whether or not I wanted to do it and decided not to because I would lose scholarships and quite honestly, I was scared. After that, I still wanted to go on a trip, so I opted for the Caribbean trip in May 2024. I thought this was good because it was still being obedient to God but in my timing. During the Awe of God series at Next Level, we learned there’s a difference between the fear and love of God. I felt convicted that I wasn’t fearing God and being obedient to what He was asking of me so I told Him if He wanted me to go in January then someone would have to tell me to go. God being God made that happen the next day and then also had the next message at church be about obedience. All of that to say, I will be going to South America in January. Even though I was still “obeying” God by going in May, it would have been delayed obedience which is just as good as disobedience. I’m still anxious to see what the future holds, but I’m trusting with this step of faith and obedience that there will be blessing doing what is asked of me.

Whether or not you can support financially, I ask you pray for my squad and I on this mission:)

Thank you for supporting me and coming along on this journey!