One Year Anniversary

One year ago today I was waking up in my grandparents’ house, my first whole day back in the United States after a year abroad.  It hardly seems like a year has gone by in some senses, but in other ways, that year seems so far away it’s practically just a dream.  

As all of us World Racers from A and B squad look back this week and remember our year together, there is now doubt a full range of emotions that accompany the memories. Mine are all good.  The WR was a year of growth, challenge and new opportunities for me.  In addition to those great benefits, I believe that through those experiences, doors opened to me.  I feel I have a greater freedom in life.  A freedom to fail.  A freedom to succeed.  A freedom to try new things and engage in new endeavors.  It’s an ongoing learning experience, which is proved by the areas in my life in the last year where I lived in fear and not in freedom, but at the same time, there were/are consistently areas where I have gone forward in boldness that I hadn’t possessed before.  This manifests in small things, like trying new sports, or foods, and in the larger arenas of life, such as stepping out to learn a new job in a new place by myself.  

One of the racers posted a great note, reminding us all to not let the WR be the best thing in our lives, but to always expect more bests to come as we follow Jesus and embrace the adventure he has for each of us.   For me it was a great year, a pivotal year, a life changing year, but the best is yet to come!