This year, on a simplified level, is and was a year of loss. Many hellos and many goodbyes. Loving places and people and then leaving, abruptly and with no real guarantee of seeing any of it again. … Read more about Month 12: Coming Home Again and Again
Dear Me: A Letter to Myself a Year Ago
"If I had known what was coming, I am not at all sure that I would have had enough faith at that point to make the choice to stay the course." - Nik Ripken, Insanity of God Dear me, You're … Read more about Dear Me: A Letter to Myself a Year Ago
What I Learned About Missions Through a Year on the Mission Field
One of the biggest questions you receive before leaving for the mission field is, why? but in reality, people are really asking, what's the point? And after 11 straight months of ministry, what … Read more about What I Learned About Missions Through a Year on the Mission Field
To The One Whose Body Changed on the World Race
One of the things you are the most unprepared for about the World Race at the beginning of the journey is all the ways your physical body changes. From training camp, blogs, and YouTube videos, … Read more about To The One Whose Body Changed on the World Race
Dear Future Racer: Packing Advice That Isn’t a Packing List
So you've committed to the Race, and you've done the fundraising, and you've sold the T-shirt's, and you've made the church announcements, and you've started to say goodbyes, and you've bought a … Read more about Dear Future Racer: Packing Advice That Isn’t a Packing List
Month 11: Living Differently
If the World Race gives you anything--it is a lot of time to think. To reflect. To ruminate. To consider. Even just the slightest disconnection from the hurry and hustle of a "normal" life in … Read more about Month 11: Living Differently
What Not to Ask (and What to Ask) a World Racer
The World Race is darn near an entire year of your life. Yes, it is a mission trip and a program you sign up for and and and, BUT it is also, at the end of the day, simply a year of life. With … Read more about What Not to Ask (and What to Ask) a World Racer
Month 10: Always Be Ready
Month 10 feels like the start of the final lap of a marathon you've ran around a track. (Candidly, I've never run a marathon around a track BUT I can imagine, okay, bear with me.) The routine … Read more about Month 10: Always Be Ready
A Day in the Life of a World Racer
I mentioned in a previous blog that the days out here feel much more like regular ole life, and less like exciting adventurous, crazy wild miraculous days lately. Earlier in the month, I'd been … Read more about A Day in the Life of a World Racer
