world race update

I was asked by someone to explain what I am preparing to do on the World Race and what I expect/believe I will bring to it. Here are some thoughts:

"Ever since I was a little girl, I've felt called to love people.During my time here at Bethany God has stretched, kneaded, and grown my heart with a passion for the nations overseas. With Christian Counseling at the core of my studies, I hope to one day offer healing, and restoration services by the power of the Holy Spirit, to men and women hurting and chained overseas as a result of the sex trade. I discovered the World Race during my internship and it is my heart's desire to serve in this endeavor with all that I am. The basic premise of the World Race involves ministering for 11 months in 11 different countries. Starting this July, for the next year of my life, I will be living completely out of a backpack - sleeping in a tent or hostel with 6-7 teammates - living among the native people of various lands, and loving them at the point of their need in Jesus' name. My July 2010 team will be working with issues such as AIDS education, orphan outreach, human-trafficking, and gypsy outreach. I view this adventure as somewhat of a "mission buffet" through which the Lord is preparing to expose my heart to a variety of people groups, in a variety of conditions, cultures and circumstances, to LOVE until it hurts and to keep on loving. I believe my heart is going to be forever changed as I see the love of Christ permeate through language barriers, living conditions, and seemingly hopeless, dark places. I believe God is raising up an army of worshipers in my generation, awakening people to run to the battlefield - and in losing our lives to Him in worship - to truly find LIFE!"

A few extra details:
-So far I have 27% of my support raised (roughly $4,000 of $15,000 needed - this covers ALL expenses - travel, insurance, visas, etc.)
-We currently know 6/11 countries - as the July route is a mystery route. We've been given clues from time to time to research in order to discover what country we will be serving in.
1) The Dominican Republic (July)
2) Haiti (August)
3) Mozambique
4) Cambodia
5) Romania
6) Turkey
+ 5 others yet to be determined!

*For more information check out: http://christyzbylut.theworldrace.org or http://theworldrace.org.