Hey! Hope whoever is reading this post is doing well and I pray maybe hearing about what is going on in my relationship with the Lord will encourage you to pull closer to our Heavenly Father. 

I got an email today telling me and my squad mates about a few changes in our schedule for world race gap year. Because of the sudden spike in covid numbers in Eswatini and also in America our advisors have decided our first country we should go to is going to be Costa Rica instead of Africa. The second country we will be visiting is still Thailand, but I pray that our last stop will still be Eswatini. My heart has always longed to go to Africa because of the rich culture and orphan care being so prominent. Along with this change we will also not be launching overseas till November 5th because of covid. For the first month or so in Georgia will mostly be training, conferences and discipleship, BUT I am eager to share that we will have the opportunity for two weeks to do a domestic outreach mission trip here in the states! I am sad we won't be able to launch overseas till November, but having the opportunity to share the gospel right here at home has opened my heart to realizing that you don't have to go far away to share the gospel, sometimes our own neighbors are the people who need to hear about Jesus the most. Of course I don't have all the exact details right now, but I promise to keep my friends and family updated as much as possible. 

I am gonna be honest for a second, as I leave in only 17 days now... I am TERRIFIED but also so EXCITED. I am weary of change and I always have been, it's a flaw in myself I deal with all the time. I am asking for prayer right now for myself and my whole team as we transition into this season of unknown. If you have any prayers requests please comment them and I will be praying for you. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 says "Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken." I finish this blog with some verses I will be praying on in this time of my life. I hope this encourages someone that you are not alone in your walk with Christ and being in the valley of the shadow of death. Praying God gives us peace and wisdom. 

"The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." Proverbs 16:9 

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you." Psalm 32:8 

"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." Proverbs 19:21 

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4