Hello!Here is a copy of my support letter that I have sent out to a lot of my family & friends:
If you are reading this and know me personally, chances are this exact thing is on its way to you or I am waiting until I see you next 🙂 (who knows when that will be though)
Friends and Family,
I hope this finds you all doing well. I am so excited to be sharing with you the next chapter in my worldwide passion to serve others. As a high school senior I began thinking about my after high school plans and as with most of my friends, I was thinking that college would be the obvious choice for me to make and had visited several universities. Few,in which I was almost ready to call home. However, as time went on it wasn’t sitting right with me and felt God tugging on my heart to consider other options to pursue my passion in international missions.
With this being said, I felt the right decision for me was to take a year off from typical post high school plans and to live out something that sounded more than a dream to me for so long. In September of this year I will be going on the World Race: Gap Year, a nine month mission trip. My specific route will be going to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Nepal. I felt very called to this specific route not only to be able to use my english-spanish knowledge as a gift to others, but to bring the gift of God to these people who are struggling with poverty and trafficking. I am stoked to live in these countries that are already so dear to me.
While on the race, I as well as my team of 30-45 others will be working in different ministries including Community Outreach and Development, Children’s ministry, and sex trafficking program to name a few. I’m thrilled for what’s to come with these specific ministries and the race as a whole. I also plan on taking online college credit classes with focus on evangelism, leadership, and spiritual formation through a school affiliated with Adventures In Mission.
As one can assume, the financial side of things is one of the challenges that comes with being abroad for ¾ of the year. I need to raise $15,800. I cannot do this alone and I humbly ask for your support prayerfully and financially. Please pray for the Lord to give me peace with the significant change about to happen with leaving everything I know, for the courage and humility to be able to ask others to consider helping me, and for overall safety and health while I’m gone especially with arising concerns in today’s world .
If you feel called to help me financially, you can simply visit my blog site, (kaylajones.theworldrace.org ) where you can donate as well as stay updated with my fundraising progress and life on the race. On my blog, you can make one-time donations or recurring monthly donations and of course keep checking back over the next 12+ months for monthly updates and pictures.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read about me and the next chapter of my life. I look forward to keeping all of my friends and family in the know about my progress throughout.
“So why should I fear the future? For your goodness and Love pursue me all the days of my life.”
Psalm 23:6
Love to all, Kayla Jones
