The last few months have been a rollercoaster of events and sitting here in quarantine has given me a lot of time to figure things out. The World Race was a life changing experience. I do not mean that it was fun, the memories were great, and I am a more rounded traveler, it was and I am but it means so much more! My desires out of life are no longer the same, I want something different. Don’t get me wrong, I am still very much me, I’m still Carter Groves, but the Lord did His thing and now I can’t go back to what I wanted before, because honestly, I do not want them anymore. Or at least not in the same way. The Lord has a funny way of changing your heart desires.
The World Race exposes the part of the human condition that we have a way of hiding. Our need for love. Wherever we went, every person wanted the same thing, love. It looked different everywhere we went but it boiled down to the same thing. I saw this first hand in Thailand. We spent most of our time supporting an orphanage in Chiang Mai, Thailand whose main function is to support children who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS while other children were abandoned for one reason or another. While we did have work projects around the property, our favorite part of the day was when we could be with these kids. They just wanted to play, hang on your arm, play tag, and have you sit down and eat with them. They wanted to be loved.
I have a plethora of examples just like that. Whether it was in Africa, Asia, Central America, people are people and those people want to know their worth. They want to know they are worth loving, being seen, being known for who God made them. My heart changed on the World Race because I learned how deeply my God loves me. All I want to do is reflect what he has given me to those who don’t know it yet.
That is why the last three months I have spent my time with Adventures in Missions, the same Organization who leads the World Race, at their discipleship program, Center of Global Action, learning how to shape this passion into a lifestyle. The World Race gave me the tools to live a missional life, but CGA taught me how to use them. We spend our time learning about the Heart of God and what part of it He has given each of us to ultimately use it to glorify Him in our lives. Mine, well mine is knowing that I am a beloved Son of God who finds freedom in that fact so I want to live in that same love to help others find their freedom in Christ.
Because whether it was because you loved me enough to support me in my doings in this world or you support my mission in the Kingdom of God, I want to invite you to join me in my mission. Right now, I want to build a support team that will join me in my journey in the Kingdom. I want you on my support team because you were there at the beginning and I want you there all the way to the end of this thing.
If you are interested in joining my support team I would love to get in contact with you. This is new to me but I want to be just as dedicated to you as you have been to me. If you are interested in more information or joining me on this journey to spread the Kingdom, please let me know!
Please don’t see this as a grab for money in hard times. This is to create a base for my continual work in ministry that is willing to partner and follow me. Because the world might have stopped but the Kingdom does not.
Once again I cannot thank you for following me this far. My journey and my walk with the Lord would not be here without your emotional, spiritual, and financial support. But the Lord has told me this is not a one time, fun time, stop.
You can’t live a life like Jesus if Jesus is not your life.
Please stay safe during this time! I love you all and I cannot wait to hear from you soon!
God Bless,
Carter Groves.
