I’m back!
As most of you might know, the World Race ended in June, and I have been back in the states for quite some time now. I wanted to share with you some of my journal entries and share with you the next steps I have decided to take, but unfortunately they’re a bit much to put into blog format, so I’ll do my best to share by writing about the same things. All of these being topics that have challenged me from the race until now.
Since being back in the states a LOT of things have happened, and lots of changes have taken place. I’ve become a photographer (on the low-key), I decided to leave a serious relationship behind, and I am currently in an awkward season of waiting for the “next big thing”. The things that I have learned in this time and season of waiting alone have been beyond numerous, and lots of them have been heavy, but if I’m being honest I have also had a lot of fun and there has been many many laughs here in the waiting. I am grateful for these little moments and often find myself to be more and more content in the everyday.
I was sitting on the floor of a church sanctuary in Atlanta. Maverick City Music was hosting a worship night and the man speaking at the time was reminiscing on the life of Martin Luther King. About how the very essence of his ministry and fight for justice started by making the decision to do exactly that: fight. The decision itself, made in a small kitchen with a smaller table, with his very life looking down the barrel of a gun. I felt the conviction of that moment, and it was undeniably heavy. I just couldn’t shake the thought that I, at some point in my life, will have to decide weather the threat of death will stop me or not. As I said, the conviction was heavy, and to this day I can remember the state of my heart in the exact moment. “Is death going to stop me?” And “Is there actually nothing standing in your way of facing that reality?”
This actually ties right into the next steps I have decided to take, such as deciding to spend most of this current time of “waiting” at home, committing to another trip overseas, and trying to start up a photography hustle. I am excited to say that more of these details will be mentioned in my next blog, but to wrap up this entry, these are some photos from probably one of my favorite weeks on the race: final debrief.
The last picture is my absolute favorite. My boy Brent was baptized for the first time and Wesley and Samson were able to stand by his side and baptize him. “What a better time than now?”
