*This is an entry taken directly from my journal. I wasn’t originally going to share it with anyone, but through promptings and encouragement from some of my squadmates and the Holy Spirit, I feel at complete and utter peace about inviting you in to an instance on a bus in which God changed my life.         Because I struggled with an eating disorder for so much of my life, I had caused my body a great deal o...

     Well hello there friends, long time no... read???... Well you know what I mean. My squad and I, yes not just my team but rather my entire squad, arrived in Valle de Angeles, Honduras last Tuesday night. This is my first time being able to connect to wifi since our arrival to our second country, so I figured now would be as good a time as any to update you on anything and everything that has been going on. Month ...

Month One, BELIZE: This month was full of... Shampoo, but no conditioner. Head full of soap, sudsy body, water cuts out... whoops. Creamy peanut butter, crunchy peanut butter, spoonfuls of peanut butter, ALL the peanut butter! Bananas for breakfast, bananas for dinner, Google search: "is eating two bananas a day good for you?" Sabbath, another day of Sabbath, followed by another, off day followed by a Sabbath, ...

*Let me start off by saying my title is meant as pure “clickbait” and in NO WAY reflective of my time spent on The Race thus far. PLEASE do not take it the wrong way...*   When I signed up for The World Race I knew that things would change along the way; my home would change month by month, there is a possibility that my team will change along the way, my heart will change as I come in contact with new places a...

After I got home from Training Camp I felt as if I was on one of the highest mountaintops in the world! I had received healing and COMPLETEfreedom from my eating disorder, I grew closer to God than I had ever been in my entire life, and I learned how to remain in open and constant conversation with Him rather than just seeking Him during the midst of my quiet time or when I was praying. I learned how to just "be," I ...

     After spending 10 1/2 hours in the Atlanta airport, taking an hour long flight to Orlando, a 9 1/2 hour layover in Orlando, a 45 minute flight to Miami, a 2 hour layover in Miami, and one last flight of an hour and 45 minutes... we FINALLY made it to Belize!!! After arriving in Belize and making our way through customs, our six teams that make up our squad divided up to head off to our various ministry destinati...