Why the World Race?

Hi!!My name is Caleigh Alcorta and I am beyond excited to be Able to share my journey with you all!

Why did I choose the world race? The main reason for me joining this journey is to grow in the Lord and strengthen my relationship with God. I grew up loving the Lord and learning about the goodness of Him and all He does for us, and over the years my love for him just continues to grow. I know that I am capable of becoming even closer with the Lord and truly understanding the meaning of letting go and letting God. I want to learn how to give my life to the Lord without fear and worry about worldly things around me. I am so excited for the Lord to use me as I travel to 4 different countries throughout next year and spread the Word and love of God, to be able to help all of those in need and put my focus towards others and their needs and not focusing on mine.

I always knew I wanted to do mission work and serve God, I knew this was going to be a big part of my life, I wasn’t exactly sure the plan that was meant for me, but I knew that God had a big one for me. Once I heard of the World Race program I knew this was the mission trip I was called to. Going on this journey definitely took a lot of thinking and praying. It is a big decision to say yes to traveling to 4 unknown places and being away from your normal everyday life for 9 whole months, but after a couple months of praying I knew I needed to just go for it because this is what the Lord has planned for my life. 

I had planned on going to college right after high school Like most do, I didn’t want to take time off and I just wanted to go straight into school and focus on getting my degree and starting my life. I knew I wanted ministry to be in my life but I wasn’t planning for it to be the main focus until after I graduated high school. I realized ministry was what I wanted my main focus to be. I then decided to take a semester off to really focus on what I wanted to do, and I’m glad I did because I fell in love with the idea of going on the World Race. Although change is very scary I couldn’t be more excited for this opportunity because I know it is going to be the greatest change to my life. 

Matthew 17:20 “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Anything and everything is possible through God. He is so so good and I am so excited to share His love to others around the world!!