3…2…1… JUMP

3…2…1… I leaned forward and immediately felt myself falling. Sound was completely turned off except for the fear that was screaming inside my head. I felt like I’d been falling forever but then I felt a tug on my feet and I finally started to slow down. I opened my eyes and saw that I was dangling in mid air with rocks and water below me and mountains all around me. The song that my team and I had been singing all day popped back into my head. I hung there mumbling to myself, “Jesus, Jesus, You make the darkness tremble. Jesus, Jesus, You silence fear…” 

10 girls out of our 15 decided to go bungee jumping. We loaded in the van on Wednesday morning and started the hour drive. We spent the drive listening to One Direction and Taylor Swift and looking out the windows watching the mountains, monkeys, zebra, and cows go by. When we got there we were faced with the bridge in the distance. It was a daunting sight. We got our harnesses, and we made our way to the bridge. In order to get to the bridge you needed to zip line across, so that’s what all of us did. Zip lining alone was incredible. 

When we got across we all waited for our turns. There really wasn’t anytime to start feeling scared until you stood at the edge. I made the mistake of looking down. Did I mention that this is the tallest bungee jumping bridge in the world…?!

All 10 of us did it, much to Mama Wendy’s dismay. She was on the bridge with us to watch. She cried the entire time. 

Bungee jumping was the scariest and most insane moment in my life so far but it’s also the one I don’t regret a single bit. I’m so proud of everyone who did it. We’re forever bonded through this experience. 

During our team Bible study we were talking about how bungee jumping could be a metaphor to faith. A beautiful metaphor was born. Sometimes, actually most of the time, Jesus calls us to do hard, uncomfortable things. Something that I’ve learned while I’m here is that God doesn’t care about how comfortable we are. He cares about our character. Faith often feels like jumping off a bridge. It’s scary, and we don’t like the feeling of falling, but in the end God reveals to us that He is still holding onto us while we’re falling and we can trust that every time we take a leap of faith that we will be okay. If we don’t take leaps of faith we don’t give God a real chance to show up and perform miracles. (I still feel like it’s a miracle I survived bungee jumping haha) 

Jesus will show up, we just have to give Him opportunities to. 

 

Enjoy some pictures of my bungee jumping experience!!