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The Call Continues: A Generation Awakened



Since I have been home from the World Race many people have asked me, whats next? This year God has shown me that he is going to use me for greatness and that with him I can do things beyond myself. The World Race changed my life and I have been AWAKENED. I'm ready to bring that empowerment to America.
 
God has put a vision in my teammate, Jessie Miller, and my heart to go out into America and get a generation up off their feet. Our generation has been sleeping way to long. So with that said, Jessie and I are starting a traveling team to go around the U.S. and speak and churches and colleges. We hope to encourage, love, and empower people to not just be "Christian's" but be radical for the Lord . We will be traveling to a new city every week and be leaving at the end of September. Below is a copy of my support letter.
 
 

My soul, my heart, and my spirit have BEEN AWAKENED!

My faith has been TESTED and strengthened.

My comfort zones have been SHAKEN.
My heart has been BROKEN.

My human love has fallen short, as I've been filled with the LOVE OF JESUS.

My dreams have become more like the dreams of GOD.

My Vision is CLEARER.
My identity has been SECURED.

My message is STRONG...I have something to say, and I am going to say it for the rest of my life.

These words are from my teammate, Katie Rowland, but they echo the exact words from my heart.  I have seen the Kingdom of God alive this year. I have seen the sick healed, the starving children fed, churches come alive, fires ignited, new identities brought to life by Christ, and a world desperately seeking something more. The most beautiful moment is looking into someone's eyes when they realize that the ‘something more' is Christ, and I know that their life will never be the same.

Many people have been asking, "What are your next plans?" I just laugh because God has spoken boldness over me and called me and my teammate, Jessie Miller, to a ministry that neither of us would have ever considered before the race. Our hearts are beating with a calling for our generation. We are starting a traveling team and going on a US tour to AWAKEN our generation! God has asked us to call them out of a comfortable, mediocre, and mundane existence and into a life that is fully alive in Christ. God has given us a story this year and it is our responsibility to tell the world. This isn't just a trip talking about how God has awoken us; this is a MOVEMENT to awaken the sleepers of America!

Our ministry will be broken into three major areas as we travel. We will be reaching out to churches, universities, and one on one meeting's with those interested. Our goal is to go wherever God opens doors and share His truth and our testimonies. I thought my backpack would have a chance to collect a little dust this year but God had other plans. Once again we will pack our bags, load the car, and hit the road starting in September and ending in April 2010, with a break during the holidays.

After a year like I just had, how can I not go and tell the world! God has opened my eyes and given me a glimpse of who He really is and what I saw only makes me hungry for more of His goodness. I want everyone to know that same goodness and desire more of it in their own lives. This year would not have happened without my supporters, financial and prayer partners. The investment you have made in my life was not just in my life, but also in the Kingdom all over the globe. So from the bottom of my fully restored and awakened heart, I thank you!

I am asking you to support me again. I would not be writing you if I did not value the relationship we already have.  Please consider continuing to be a part of that-through prayer, correspondence, and finances. My goal is to raise $9,600 to launch and go forth with this traveling team. The money will go towards travel costs, living expenses, ministry, etc. ,.

If you feel called to support me you can do so online or request a support letter and I can mail it to you. Click on the Support Me tab to the left and it will walk you through the online donation process. If you want a support letter mailed to you clicked on the Contact Me  tab and you can send me your address for a copy.  All gifts are tax-deductible.

 

One year ago, I pictured myself returning from the race and stepping back into a steady career in America. Somewhere along the road I accepted that my plans are the ones that end up a bad decision and God's plans are the ones that have exceeded my dreams. So I surrender my plans at the cross and step forward into a future that is led by my King. Kingdom work is the most important work we could invest our time in, that is why I am asking for your support both by prayer and financially. By allowing God to use you, you are not only investing in God's family, but you are changing the world.

 

If you are interested in partnering with Jessie and I to cover us in pray as we travel email me at AmyMcAllister@Adventures.org.  We will put you on a pray list and we will send you updates on how you can be praying for us and how we are doing. Also if you are interested in having us come speak at your church or hosting us in your home along our travels contact me as well. Jessie and I would love to have you involved in our journey. I can't wait to AWAKEN my generation for the Lord.

 

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This was my year...



My teammate Jenn Crane put this together for me, she is a rock star!!
 
I finally feel blog inspired so more to come this week :)


Awakeing. from g:racers on Vimeo.

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Numbers



My teammate Brian made this video and it is powerful. I hope it moves you the way it has moved me.
 
 



Numbers from Brian Alonzo on Vimeo.

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I saw God...well everyday



Before I left on the race I wrote a blog inspired from the song, ‘I Saw God Today' A few days ago on the beach thanks to the shuffle setting I heard it on my ipod and I opened my eyes to all around me in Santorini. Every day I look around and I feel like I am in a movie because it is almost too beautiful to believe that I am here. It is easy in this setting to tune out the world and face it, isn't that the point of a vacation. That's what I used to think.

This year has taught me to be intentional at all times. Well, I choose to ignore God's voice a lot, but it is always there. A lot of people we have met this year were excited to meet missionary's, which made talking about it easy. Here in Greece there are a lot of American tourists we have met. For the 1st time in awhile I am getting the ‘Ohh you are a missionary, well umm, hmm. What does that mean?' and then trying to get out of a God focused conversation quickly.  Despite that, I have seen God in every situation.

I saw God present when I talked with one of my roommates at the hostel. She was telling me about her travels this year and then she mentioned this small, awful town called Pattaya in Thailand. She taught English there for awhile and had a hard time living in a city like Pattaya. God moment! I told her about my experience and how God set me on fire while I was there and how God called me to return one day. The crazy thing is she is moving to Atlanta to go to grad school. It was no coincident in meeting her, it was a God-incident.

I saw God present in a conversation with a guy from the Coast Guard on break here in Santorini. He stumbled into our room to invite us out and tell us how we were the most beautiful women on the island. While I can't argue with that, it is always nicer to hear from someone completely sober. He heard we were the missionaries staying there because word travels fast. He opened up and told us how he believes in God and told us some miracle stories from his family. He started talking about how he feels so alone because on a ship of 180 there are only 2 believers and he feels lost most of the time. He broke into tears talking about how messed up his life is and how one day he wants to get his act together. He drinks to forget the pain but in the process has lost himself. I trust that God used our words to encourage him and for him to hear and believe that he is not alone. I saw a lost man who is searching for significance, searching for a purpose, and searching for more. I heard God say I am the answer.
 
 
 
God is everywhere and in everyone. Then again so is the enemy. He knows our weaknesses and struggles and his one plan is to kill, steal, and destroy. Even on the beautiful island of Santorini we have to rebuke the enemy and call on Jesus to give us strength. My struggles have been thrown into my face and satan has been trying to overcome me. He thinks now that I am off the race things will change and I won't live my life boldly anymore. He thinks I will now shut up and not talk about how awesome my Savior is. All I have to say to that is...go to back to hell satan because you cannot overcome me or my God. We win, bottom line.
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I Love My Life



Some folks started saying the phrase "I love my life" while they were in Africa and needed motivation to make it through the hard days. The phrase stuck with me. I say it with all seriousness now...I really do love my life. This year has been the most amazing gift from God. It seems a little funny to call it a gift because this year was not easy all the time. Sometimes I wanted to run away from the pain and hard conversations. Sometimes I wanted to close my ears to the lessons God wanted to teach me. The overwhelming truth is that it was all worth it. Every lesson, hard conversation, every tear was worth it.

I haven't blogged about team 5 Alive in awhile, so here is the truth. We fell apart in the end. Things got hard, feelings were hurt, and we did not know how to move past the pain. So for over the last two months we have not operated as a team. Sometimes we were there for each other individually; but it wasn't the same. This year we lived in community the way Christ intended His children to. We went deep with one another from day one, so the more you invest the more you have to lose. When one person was struggling we rebuked satan's schemes and declared God's truth over them. We loved through the hard times and prophesied of those to come. We were Christ to one another.

The kicker I have learned about community is that it does not happen naturally. Every single person must chose individually to live in true community or opt-out. When we came back together at final debrief things were still rocky. It did not sit well with me that my family was not going to end the year on good or God's terms. For months I and many others prayed for reconciliation. We tried to make it happen on our time and of course, that did not happen. Freedom fell on 5 Alive the night of our final worship. The Spirit fell on all our hearts as a team and individually. The chains were broken, arrows were removed, and no scars remained. Christ healed what was broken and restoration occurred.

Our family of 5 was ALIVE again!
 
 
To the ladies of 5 Alive, to the ladies who have changed me, I honor you. I started the trip in tears because you didn't understand me; while now a year later I am in tears because you will no longer be with me every day. You ladies have inspired and challenged me more than I thought possible.
 
To Ali: You are my NEW sister in Christ. You are a different woman now than you were 11 months ago. You are a bold, fierce woman of God who is going to bring Kingdom to the world and especially Colorado!
 
 
 
To Sara: You are walking in such freedom with Christ that it is contagious. Your exceptional resume lists your gift of healing, capturing others with the spirit of laughter, and bringing joy and truth into the Kingdom.
 
 
 
 
 
To Melanie: The old is gone and the new is alive. You are God's beautiful daughter who has the responsibility to tell others of your transformation. You will change the world through your gift of joy, comforting, and wise counsel. This is just the start of your new life.
 
 
 
 
 
 

To Natalie: Your gentle spirit has touched my soul this year. I see a warrior ready to go to battle. You are armed with the gift of prophecy and speaking bold truths that pierce souls. Yet a soft prayer that humbles others to life change.

Each woman of God I have spent the year with is now entwined into the story of my life. I now have a new testimony to tell and it is because of God's direction and your love that has brought this story to life.
 
 

Rise up women of God!

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Santorini has got me thinking...



God is amazing! I am overwhelmed by God's beauty that surrounds me here in Santorini, Greece. Four of us decided that after the race we were going to travel around Europe for a few weeks before heading back to America. I have been here in Santorini for almost 5 days now and it is drop dead beautiful. As I lay on the beach and relax I have been trying to get into processing mode instead of just passing out on my lounge chair. Here are some of the ending thoughts I have after the best year (so far) of my life. Please stick with me readers through this processing stage, I will have more blogs to come. I still will be posting about my month in Moldova soon. I return to AMerica on June 13th, so see you soon!
 
I leave the race with these truths:

*I met a God this year I did not know before. I saw a God who loves the lost and breaks our hearts for what breaks His. I saw a God who wants to wake up the sleeping nations and bring restoration. I met a God this year that awakened my soul to who He really is.

*God is CRAZY in love with us. Despite our flaws, short-comings, and failings God will always love me. I can never lose His love.

*The Holy Spirit is alive and active. Life in the Spirit is not just something that happened in the Bible. The same Spirit that was alive in Paul is in me as well.

*Christ gives us His authority. The authority that Christ had to cast out demons is the same authority Christ gives me. It is time we believe miracles and healings are real because God wants us to be His mouth of truth, His hands of healing, and His love that is alive through our faith.

*God is asking more of every single person. We have a responsibility to share Christ with the world, with our family, with those we don't know. Deciding to live for Christ is the hardest and the best decision we will ever have to make. A life with God is signing up for rejection, hardships, and one hell of a life in freedom. If this was easy everyone would give their life to God. We have not signed up to sit on the sidelines and let ‘that stronger Christian' do the work...the work is for you and for me.

*I have lived this year with the fire of God within me and I am addicted. God has given me His goodness and I chose to live within it for the remainder of my life. God set my mouth on fire with His truth. He gave me His words and confidence to be able to stand in front of others and offer His freedom to anyone who is hungry. His Spirit struck me to the ground and gave me the gift of tongues. I will edify my God with these words and by my life.

*The call of a life in Christ has been offered and I say YES. My life before the race was a life of searching. I was searching for fulfillment, acceptance, love, and basically myself. I am no longer searching. Christ has told me who I am in Him and what my role in the Kingdom is. The ‘American Dream' that I pictured for my life is no longer there. I see a life of igniting our generation to rise up and be the women and men of God that we are called to be. I see a life of breaking the chains of bondage that are holding the bar girls captive in Thailand. I see a life with Christ that I could never imagine for myself...I see freedom in Christ wherever the road takes me.


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The end of the race has come...



"How do you pick up the threads of your old life? How do you go on? With a new heart you begin to understand there is no going back."

-Frodo Baggins, ‘Lord of the Rings'

This is it. The race is over. 11 months have come and gone and so has the old Amy. I have been thinking a lot about going home, what is it going to be like, how will I adjust. I wonder if anyone will be able to see the transformation that has occurred within me. I am the same Amy as I was before but with a completely new understanding of who I am in God and of who God is. I have met a God on this trip that I did not know before and I am madly in love with Him. He has wrecked me, kicked me in the butt, and shown me more love than I knew was possible.

Last month my Moldova team and I watched the Lord of the Rings series (yes we are aware we are dorks). When we heard Frodo say this at the end of the movie after he returned to the Shire we cracked up laughing because we now relate to a hobbit. I know exactly how Frodo felt. You return to your old life, but you are not the same, I am not the same. The normal that I knew before will no longer be my normal because I don't fit in. God has turned me into a passionate woman I was not before this journey. The exciting part is I find a new ‘normal' now. I get to find out how this new Amy translates into the American culture and that excites the heck out of me. I have a heart for America, for my generation. I have a desire to share what God has done to me with as many people as possible when I get home.

I am at final debrief and finish up in a few days. It is hard to say goodbye to what has become home. But God is now calling me back to America to share the stories that he has given me.

This is not the end, just the beginning of a life long journey....

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Community Life Video



My teammate Katie Rowland made this video as a favor for me. My singles group I was a part of in Atlanta is having a retreat and the theme is community living. This year on the race my community has changed me. They have challenged me, loved me, and been Christ to me. My singles group in Atlanta was the community God placed me in to prepare for my journey this year. They as well sharpened me and loved me like Christ loves me. There is not one community in the world that is perfect, every community needs constant refinement that is where the challenge comes in. After literally living in community 24/7 this year I learned that Christ asks more of us than most of us are willing to give. Are we willing to bear our hearts, share our struggles with one another, and love others when all I want to do is smack them?? I realized I was not living as intimately with others as I thought I was before the race. Christ has shown me that I had more to give than I was offering before. It was not the community's fault, it was my fault. It is every single person's decision how deep you are willing to live in community. Living in community can be a comfortable thing if you decide to take the easy route...that is not what Christ asks us to do. My hope is that every person makes the personal decision to live in community, let your community transform you through Christ's power, and to love each other unconditionally even when it is hard. Wouldn't Christ ask the same of you??



communityLife. from katie rowland on Vimeo.

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Faces of Romania



Here is a beautiful look at the people we have fallen in love with this month. Katie did an amazing job on this one!! Enjoy
 
We get on a bus this evening and head for Moldova, please pray for safe travels and an safe last month on the race. Half of the squad is in Moldova and half is going to be in the Ukraine. Yes folks, LAST MONTH ON THE RACE. I want to cry and jump up and down at the same time. I am excited to end this race well and fall in love with yet another country. 
 
I love you all and thank you for joining me on this journey!




Faces of Romania from katie rowland on Vimeo.
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Romania Picture Blog



A look at Romania and our ministry...
(the good photo's are Natalie Montgomery's and Katie Rowland's)
 
 
We helped a lot of  the neighbors prepare for Easter. Everyone brings their carpets down to the river to clean; and that is some hard work!! We also helped prepare some land for farming and had a little bit to much fun in the process.
                                      
    
 We put on a children's program last week. We told the Easter story, sang songs, made crafts, and loved on the cutest kiddos!!
 
       
On our last day we gave the kids a huge surprise by having a face painting party and an Easter egg hunt. I think for most of the kids that was their first egg hunt. It was awesome!
 
 One night all us girls learned how to dance like a gypsy. The secret is to wear twirly skirts that do all the work for you.
 
         
   A Romanian birthday tradition is you take a bite out of your cake and then they smash it in your face. Sandu and I share the same birthday so we both had a yummy mess to clean up.
 
    
 Here is a look at Romania through my teammtes, Natalie and Katie's, lens....enjoy!
               
 
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