it hit me

God has set a new spirit within me these last few years, a spirit yearning to run with Him wherever, whenever, spontaneously, dangerously, foolish, crazy—-as long as it is with Him.

To get to that point, He has taught me a lot about surrender...aka the word of my year of 2017. Surrender my horses, wants, dreams, kids, a home of my own, baggage, financial stability, etc. Surrender is love; because I love Him, I surrender my wants before Him for I now desire His goodness and blessings FAR above what anything anyone can give me or I can earn on this earth. It’s not about me; it’s about Him. There lies the freedom that I cannot even describe. When Jesus said "follow me", He meant drop it all. Sure, it’s hard, but it is ridiculously worth it. Nothing will ever satisfy but following Him.

Going on the Race, choosing to leave family and friends for a year—-no, honestly, I am not aching...yet. Moving isn’t as difficult for me as it was at first living in an rv then moving countless times over the last year. Moving is life for me now, and it has actually become quite fun. My family is growing every day, some of my brothers and sisters being on the Race with me, and I ache to see them. Jesus has taught me about His “family” over the year. Yes, I am going to ball my eyes out saying see ya later to my peeps in Fairbanks. But Jesus has taught me that He will bring us together again, maybe not in this world but in Heaven and, man, it is going to be a HUGE party of the hundreds of brothers and sisters God has put in my life so far! And I truly have a peace knowing that this is real; I will for real see them all someday.

July 24th hit me that I only have a few days left with my peeps before I leave. 

"Will I be back?" the most common question people ask me. God is the only one who knows. But I am AMAZED at the community family He has given me in just a year being in Fairbanks. He has blessed me SO much. That blessing hit me, knowing that He is with me; He is providing. I am exactly where He wants me to be. The seasons become more and more abundant. The amount of growing He has brought through me this past year is crazy—I am not the same person I was a year ago. And knowing that He will continue to mold me through circumstances fooorreevvveerr gives me an incredible amount of excitement! I am excited to look back on the stories of the World Race, where He showed up, where He led us; how He broke and healed us and others. 

God is amazing, period. 

To my Fairbanks fam: less than a week left, and I don’t know how to show you how much you mean to me. You are an answer to prayer; keep running full throttle after Jesus. 

Fundraising update? 

Counting the monthly donors, there is only $2850 left to raise with the bold prayer of being fully funded by August 1st. My prayer this last almost year of fundraising has been for God to show up so that YOU can see His glory and be a part of the Kingdom. 

One week left. Forever has already begun