Posted in General Posts by Taylor Collins on 1/24/2012
Ok so a lot has happened since my last blog and rightly so, it has been 5 months since my last post! oops!! :)
So the main and most important thing to know is I am NOT I repeat NOT in Guatemala right now!! I switched routes back in October and now I am leaving in July on Route 3.
I switched because God is good! And while He does like to stretch us and take us out of our comfort zones I don't believe He likes to kill us in the process! ;) I am a bit of a planner and I like to have LOTS of time to make those plans. And leaving in a few months was stressing me out and I had so much to do I was overwhelmed and so instead of doing things and making progress I did nothing. God heard my pleas and so here I am heading now to: Ireland, Ukraine, Russia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Asia Challenge, and Malaysia. And I am SO PUMPED!!
Ok now that we have the logistics out of the way lets get down to the nitty gritty(said like Nacho Libre)
So for the past couple of months I have been so worried about going on this trip, I have seriously considered backing out. It was like a dang roller coaster ride. I was up and excited and ready to go and then I was down scared out my mind and others times I felt like hurling while going through a corkscrew over and over and then going backwards through it. But, I came to a startling realization last night, one that the Father has brought me to before, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME!!!!! (you would think at some point this lesson would stick) It is about His glory! And His glory being made know throughout the world. The only reason any of this is happening is because He said who will go for me? And I said yes, had I have said no God would have moved on and found someone else to carry out His plans. So knowing that I really have nothing to do with this and that all I have to do is be obedient, I'm not as scared. Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all people! Psalm 96:3
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Posted in General Posts by Taylor Collins on 8/21/2011
Why?! That is a question I get asked every time I talk to someone about the World Race, and I still sometimes even ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" Well my answer is short, sweet and to the point: Because, Jesus said, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." And those words are all I need to hear to reassure myself that I am on the path Gods has for me. I feel like He has been preparing me for this journey for sometime now, if not my whole life. I am so excited to see how He will move in and through me. This is an opportunity of a lifetime and those don't come around very often. And I am beyond grateful that He chose me for this one. I'm going on an amazing journey to amazing places I never dreamed about going to. I will be headed to: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ukraine, Romania, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia. I leave in January of 2012 and return in November of 2012. I think I am most excited about meeting the children in all of these different places. I love playing with kids, talking to them, and loving them. They are so easily touched by God's love for them, it's amazing!
TTFN TATA for NOW!! :)
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