Hello there! Wow it has been a while. First off starting this new blog site has been such a challenge for me because beginning this new chapter mean closing the past one. And that can be so scary. But in the spirit of doing the things that scare you I just knew I had to fall into this next season face first.
I know I never wrote a blog “closing off” my race of “summarizing” my experience, but for me, that would be like writing the conclusion before the last paragraph. The Lord changed my life by joining the World Race and to give you a short preview it was fully of redemption and joy but also a ton of pain and hurt. The past nine months have been a season of uncovering. I learned things about myself that I never knew. I learned how my heart aches for things that ache His. I learned how to release and have fun. I learned about His character and how desperate I am to be more like him. He gave me a huge heart for people and watching them grow closer to him and and fighting when people can not longer fight and reminding them of the beauty that he has in store for them. But finishing off my nine months I still felt like I had so many unanswered questions and now that I had dug up all this stuff I had no idea what to do with it. Which is why I knew the Lord has CGA waiting for me in the next chapter of the life he has written for me.
CGA is designed to teach followers of Christ on how to take the passion and experiences that He has given them and apply it it bringing kingdom. When I asked a previous CGA student what the program is really like she said “it’s like having a broken bone that didn’t heal properly. And CGA is going to re-break those bone and put them back together so they could be healed properly”. And surprisingly I became super excited. Coming home I had this desire for growth and change so I spent as much time covering this next season in prayer. I prayed over my mentors and teacher, that the Lord would give them word that we’re rich and full of truth. I prayed over my roommates and classmates, that they would be a community that builds each other up and fights to know Him more. And I prayed over myself that the Lord would use me however He pleases to shape and grow and spread light to whoever I may encounter. I prayed that he would teach me how to lead others from my heart.
The Lord gave me a word for this next season of my life and it was refine. He gave me this image of a diamond being pulled from the ground (my race). When you find a diamond it’s rough and dirty and need to be polish, sometimes you can’t even tell that it’s there. But when it’s refined, it’s something that has been made beautiful. And my hope is that the Lord can use my rough and dirty to be made into something beautiful for His kingdom.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me get to Georgia through support raising. I have been extremely blessed to have been covered from head to toe in prayer and have raised over $2,000 so far to attend CGA. To continue this program and all that is in store, I still have to meet my fully funded amount of $5,950. My next deadline is to have raised $4,000 by September 23rd. Please prayerfully consider donating to keep me on this amazing journey of bringing kingdom.
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL THE LOVE, SUPPORT, AND PRAYERS.
With much love… Hannah 🙂
