7 days left until I fly to Georgia; 8 days until training camp (I’m going a day early for a Storyteller Workshop)!! To say I’m pumped would be an understatement. I’ll meet the 21 other people I’ll be doing life with in person for the first time…that has me both excited and nervous, plus; it’s going to be like church camp on steroids with lots of laughter, games, friendly competitions (aka Squad Wars; our squad is red team and we are Z SQUAD), late nights, early mornings, community, learning, eating, camping outside, working together through scenarios, worship, and most important of all: JESUS!!
64 days left before I head to Georgia for Launch… That’s how many days until I say goodbye to my friends, family, the comforts of my home, jobs, hometown, church, and everything I hold dear for 11 months.
That has me feeling all sorts of emotions that are a little hard to process… I’ve never been more certain that the World Race is what I’m supposed to do; God has confirmed it over and over. At the same time, I don’t want to leave all my friends, family and everything I’ve known.
I’m so excited, ready, joyous, scared, sad, anxious, but one thing remains the same as it gets closer: overwhelming peace that only comes from Jesus.
Here’s the reality; I’m comfortable here. I was born and raised here. My friends and family are here; my church is here. It’s a smaller community. And I’m comfortable.
Maybe that’s why life has seemed very mundane; why I’ve been constantly searching for something new…because deep down, I know that I was not created to simply exist in my comfort zone; never growing, never learning, never experiencing anything that might change me. But also, not allowing Him to use me to help the people that I don’t see inside that comfortable place. Or use me in any way. I believe that God has a specific plan for my life and although I don’t know what that plan is exactly (other than spending a year traveling and sharing Jesus with Him and 21 peers); I know that I can’t live out my purpose in this comfortable place.
So, this is me saying goodbye. Goodbye to not just the comforts of home (hot showers, consistently clean clothes and Wi-Fi, job, etc.), but the comfort zone that I’ve been existing in…
Because I know that where I’m going; I don’t have the time or space to be comfortable.
You’re definitely about to step out of your comfort zone into the unknown and you articulated the emotions that go along with that well! Soon, your backpack will be the only physical part of home that you take with you. Change will become the norm, But your relationship with God will grow astronomicaly, you’ll develop a set of friends that truly know you … and you know them…and you will be wrecked for the ordinary in order to live an extra ordinary life for the rest of your days, no matter where you are, even when you return home!