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This week, we focus on JOY. True joy can come only from the presence of Jesus in our lives and through the salvation He has gifted us, not from our ever-changing circumstances. Hailey Smith, World Race: Gap Year 2020 (Gap D), reflects on the unexpected end of her time on the Adventures campus in Georgia and how God has taught her about joy in the midst of grief and pain. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence… (Psalm 16:11) Well, here we are. My World Race: Gap Year squad was supposed to go home for 10 days for Thanksgiving break, but those...

This week, we focus on Love. Two of Jesus’ greatest commands are first to love God with all our hearts, souls, and minds (Matthew 22). And then also to love our neighbors. When we focus first and foremost on loving God, His love compels us to action and flows out of us to those around us. One World Race squad has been living out the commandment to love their neighbors in tangible ways. Since launching in October, they have been spending time learning from and serving alongside ministry partners here in the United States, first in Chicago and now in Wisconsin Dells. Here’s what...

This week we step into Advent—the season to prepare our hearts to receive God’s gift of the birth of a Savior. The word “advent” is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming.” We wait with eager anticipation for the coming of our King! The four weeks leading up to Christmas correlate with a theme of remembrance: Hope, Love, Joy, Peace. This week, we focus on Hope and the expectation and anticipation of the coming Messiah. Last month, one of our World Race: Gap Year squads had the opportunity to partake in baptism. Baptism is both an outward declaration of faith and a...

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. (Psalms 89:14) Recently, World Race: Gap Year hosted OneRace Movement (an Atlanta-based organization that exists to educate, empower and raise up a movement of racial reconciliation and revival) on campus for a week of teaching and activation. Each day started with (socially-distanced) squad-led worship. And every teaching was deeply rooted in scripture and prayer. With humility as our approach, the week of teaching started with a history lesson, “because without knowing our history, it can...

World Race: Gap Year has wrapped up their time serving on a volunteer mission trip with Samaritan’s Purse in parts of Louisiana and Alabama that have been affected by an active hurricane season. In the second blog of our In Our Own Backyard series, a participant gives us an inside look at her week with two college gap year squads. The church without walls The aftermath of Hurricane Delta swept through Northern Georgia in October, resembling a rainstorm that felt like home in Seattle, but I knew had great consequences that would reverberate around the gulf coast. After I confirmed we...

Hurricanes Sally, Laura, and Delta left a wake of destruction behind them in Louisiana. God has been faithful as we’ve had the privilege of partnering with Samaritan’s Purse to send teams to bring relief efforts and spiritual encouragement to those searching for hope. In our first blog in the new In Our Own Backyard series, Graceyn Halabicky, a World Race: Gap Year participant, shares 5 things the Lord has shown her through hurricane relief efforts in Louisiana.     1. Southern hospitality is a real thing. While staying in Louisiana, the workers and volunteers with Samaritan’s...