QUICK UPDATE       Goodness gracious, I cannot believe its been a WHOLE MONTH since I wrote my last update on here! Friends, I am SO SORRY for that!! Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as I navigate how best and how often to communicate with y’all on this platform!! As I’m sure you can tell, I’ve found that juggling keeping up with the socials, calling/texting friends and family back home, writi...

     It took a full two weeks, but here I am, finally sitting down and writing the first official blog post of my world race gap year. As I type these words, I am overwhelmed with emotion and awe at all that has happened in such a short amount of time. I have dreamed of being here, on this campus, and preparing to head out into the world with my squad for over a year and the fact that I am actually in the midst of tr...

Hi Friends!!     Wow wow wow!!! I just cannot even describe how thankful I am for all of you!! I am officially a third of the way to reaching my fundraising goal and I am blown away by everyone’s generosity. I just wanted to give y’all a little update on how fundraising has been going! :)      I am not going to lie, fundraising is HARD. The first month was very promising because everyone was reading my blog for...

     Welcome to my blog y'all!! For those of you that don't already know, my name is Lydia Grace and in the Fall of 2022 I will be traveling with my squad for 9 months and will be serving the Lord in Guatemala, South Africa, Cambodia, and Thailand. Crazy, right?!?! I am so incredibly thankful for this opportunity and am beyond excited for all of the adventures, memories, and growth that I know will be produced throug...