Our flight does not leave for 7 hours but I am awake and anxious to start what will be an amazing adventure. In fact, it will be our Amazing Race.
Maybe you have seen this reality show on TV. Teams of two race all over the world to compete for a $1,000,000 prize. Each stage presents the contestants with a new cultural and competitive experience.
The anticipation begins when they open the envelope to learn their next destination. As they depart, a visual graphic flashes on the screen showing when each team is leaving and where they are going.
Ours would read "Team Africa ... departs Kansas City at 11:35 am ... headed for Kenya and Malawi."
Our bags are packed and we are ready. But we are not racing for money. This is about something bigger.
Paul sums it up well in Philippians 3:14-15.
" ... I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven."
Heaven is our ultimate destination. Along the way we get to help the orphans.
Now that's an Amazing Race.
Thanks for taking the time to record this -- it helps us feel connected to us, but most importantly it keeps it fresh in our minds so we can pray.
ReplyDeleteDeanna Farris
Chuck & Debi:
ReplyDeleteHallelujah - this stage of your race is underway!!! As I type this and pray for you, I expect that you both are somewhere over the Atlantic, filled with anticipation and maybe just a bit of anxiety! Be available and listen for that still, small voice - God will guide your path to exactly the places He wants to use you and to the experiences He wants you to have.
We will be praying for you, Jim, Heather and Golden in accordance with Paul's statement in Acts 20:24 "... if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Your presence and love for the orphans of Africa and those who love them will be a living testimony to the gospel!
Enjoy & keep us all posted on each leg of your Amazing Race!!
Love, Scott & Lynn