What Is God Doing???
Woo hoo, here it is!
Before I left for the World Race I had many asking me what I would do when I got home. At this point, I was having a hard time believing that I was actually leaving the country for 11 months. So, knowing what I was going to do after the race was definitely an uncertainty. When asked, I would usually say I’m not sure probably come home and get back into a salon. But lets be honest, when we make our own plans they don’t usually seem to work out the way we plan. Through the race my answer began to change. When someone would ask me, my answer became “You know, I don’t know. Wherever the Lord calls me is where I will go, I’m just not sure what that is right now.”.
Now lets jump to month 7 of the race. At this time we were in Cambodia and we were having this really awesome thing called the awakening. A few other squads joined us and it was just an opportunity filled with a lot of growth and lessons. Phew, God is good!! While here we were provided times to go to different meetings to here about post race opportunities. I went to two of the meetings and both were for discipleship/leadership programs. One is called CGA and it is a 5 month program located in Georgia. I wasn’t so set on this one and it didn’t seem like something I wanted to do. So, I kind of just brushed it off. The other program is called G42 and it’s a 9 month program located in Spain. This one I was a little more interested in. Mainly just to the extent of “yeah I could do this if God called me here”. For now, the meetings were just informational for me. I wasn’t ready or sure enough to commit to anything.
Time to hip, hop and skip to month 10 of the race. During month 10, we began to get emails from Adventures in Missions about PSL. This is a post race opportunity to go to Georgia for a week for sessions about re-entry into the states. This week is to help racers gain tools to entering life in America well and in a healthy way. Any future or current racers reading this, I would highly suggest that you attend. It helped me learn a lot. So after I submitted my answer that I would be attending the event, I scrolled down. There it was, a link that said World Race Alumni Opportunities. Wait a second, thats me and I have no idea what I’m going to do. And there it was CGA: Center for Global Action. I read more about it and was thinking cool but meh not for me. But, after that it kept coming up over and over again. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I told a couple people but didn’t want to mention it because this isn’t what I wanted to do. But, I began to realize God was putting this on my heart and thats why it kept coming up.
Officially in month 11 of the race, I talked to a couple of our leaders more about it. I was given the advice,”If you’re willing to work hard go for it. I can see it being a great fit for you. But if you’re not going to give it your all and work hard, don’t waste your time.” Well ok then. I thought about what she had said A LOT. My answer however was still the same. I desire to continue to grow closer to the Lord and continue to build our relationship. I want to learn better ways of memorizing scripture so I can turn others and myself to the Word of God when looking for something or struggling. My goal in life is to bring kingdom wherever I go and I want to gain more knowledge on how to do that. So yes, I am willing to give it my all and work hard because I know I’m not doing this alone. I know that the Lord is calling me to do just that and He will help me through it. But then my excuse came to money. Knowing the Lord will provide, I was still using the excuse of not having the money for the application fee to apply right now. I would just have to wait till I got home. Then one day we were getting ready for our morning session at the end of month 11. And when I opened my journal there it was, the exact amount I needed for my application fee. To this day I’m not sure who or how it got there but I know God provided it somehow and that was the confirmation that I need to go and apply. So, thats what I did. I finished the application and submitted it. Now, my prayer became, “Lord, only let me be accepted if this is where you want me to be and if you will use it to bring kingdom to your name”. A few weeks after arriving home it was time to go to Georgia for PSL. While at PSL I was able to have an in person interview for CGA. Still praying that I would only be accepted if thats in the Lords plan for me. A few weeks later I got the acceptance letter!!!
This incredible opportunity has opened up for me to continue this amazing journey with the Lord. Through going to this program called CGA- the Center for Global Action, which is Adventures in Missions discipleship training school. I will be moving to Georgia in January to grow deeper in my relationship with God, develop further as a leader, and take the next step towards my dream of working with foster kids (I’ll go further in detail with this dream later, so again stay tuned). I am so excited for this opportunity and eager to learn and grow closer to the Lord. I know this will be yet another challenging journey but as well a very important one that is worth all the hard work. Now being accepted I am happy I can finally share this new exciting news with you all.
I ask that you continue to keep me in your prayers as I prepare, fundraise and get ready for this new journey. Although it is only 5 months long and still in country, it will still be a big transition. I appreciate everyones prayers and support as always and am always here if you need me to be praying for specific needs for you as well. Please feel free to send me an email, text message or facebook/instagram message with any questions or prayer requests you may have.
If you would like to partner with me financially you can do that by going to paxtynlotz.adventurescga.org, venmo me @Paxtyn-Lotz or by giving it to me directly. Thank you all for your love and support, I truly do appreciate it.
Lots of love, Paxtyn.
