Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to represent World Orphans, an organization I traveled down to Haiti with last November (along with 10 other American Ninja Warriors) to set up a permanent Ninja Warrior obstacle course for hundreds of orphaned and vulnerable Haitian kids for a Summer Camp. I was absolutely honored to serve by sharing my story and experience, and helping to raise money at The Big Ticket Festival for this year's Summer Camp doing the same thing! Although this opportunity was very exciting, the other side of the story that you may not know is how I was very nervous about speaking in front of a crowd of 15,000-20,000 people. I've never done anything like this before, but I knew God opened the door for me, so I was going to do it regardless of how I felt. Funny thing is, without any reason whatsoever, I woke up around 4 something in the morning to head to the airport to fly up to Michigan and I couldn't move my leg!! There was so much pain in my knee. I had ACL surgery 2 years prior, and everything has been going well since, but all of a sudden I was in excruciating pain if I bent or activated any part of my knee; but I knew I needed to get the Michigan. In addition to that obstacle, over the previous weeks I spent countless hours praying and creating an outline of what I wanted to share for the 10-12 minutes I had on stage, but I when it came down to rehearsing, I kept falling short after just a few minutes. But at the perfect time, I felt God telling me to not stress out about this, forget about the outline, and to trust Him to be strong where I was weak. I felt like God wanted me to speak from the heart and that honestly terrified me because of the fear of messing up in front of thousands of people. But I felt a peace about trusting God in my most vulnerable state, where the risk is high, and the opportunity for God to move would be even greater! This event was life changing for me and deepened my relationship with the Lord to walk more fearlessly, even in my weakness because just like the Orphans around the world, we are not alone! "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but gives us power, love and a sound mind." #LiveFearless #GodIsGood (at The Big Ticket Festival)