Why I am going on the race

Hi my name is Lianne Tuin!

Currently I am finishing up my last year of high school at the local Christian school I have attended since kindergarten. I know there are going to be some bittersweet goodbyes as I look ahead to leaving the place I’ve known my whole life, although my heart is filled with excitement to step into this new chapter of life on the World Race Gap Year!

It doesn’t feel like that long ago that I started high school and told myself that I had a bunch of years before I needed to know what I was going to do after high school. If you asked me four years ago what I would be doing after high school, it wouldn’t have been the World Race. I didn’t even know what it was until a year and a half ago. Similar to many, the question of “what are you doing after high school?” began to be asked regularly in grade 11 and even more this year. I’ve always had a go-to answer but it never felt exactly right. After saying yes to the World Race, I feel like I can finally say my answer with confidence.

I had been looking into mission’s programs online one night and came across the World Race, it immediately felt right for me. I get to travel the world, share God’s love with the nations, and grow my relationship with God, all while being surrounded by a community of believers! The World Race Gap Year program continued to lay on my heart and it felt like the place that God was calling me to be next year.

As I say yes to the World Race, I also say yes to letting Jesus have this year and yes to letting Him open my heart to whatever He has ahead. I know it’s going to be a stretching and challenging year but I want to put aside my comforts for the sake of the Gospel. I’ve been blessed to live my life with a lot of comforts and North American pleasures, but I want to take a step back and focus on an intentional year of growing my relationship with Christ and sharing the Gospel message through my words and actions.

If I’m being completely honest, there are things that make me nervous about doing the World Race, like leaving for 9 months, not seeing my friends or family for a long time, and being in a completely new environment, but I’m trusting in the fact that this is where the Lord has called me!

Thank you for taking time to read my blog as I begin this incredible journey. Stayed tuned for more blogs as I prepare and begin this new chapter of life. If you feel led to support me in this journey I would appreciate it, whether it’s financially or through prayer.