An ‘Isaiah 6:8’ Type of Adventure

I woke up this morning like any other day, I ate breakfast, chatted with my parents and drank some coffee. But today I headed to GR Ophthalmology for my first ever eye exam since I was 12 …ya know when you read the letters on the wall in your pediatrician’s office and get a piece of yummy candy afterward for being a good patient.. yeah this one was different. After getting my eyes dilated (first time I have ever had that done to me!) and finding out I am near-sighted and that I need glasses for when I am night driving and for movies/TV, I walked out not being able to read my phone but I knew I had received a very important email.  With the phone still being a bit fuzzy while I was walking out of the office, the only words I could make out were “From Cory Solomon…99% sure…Dubai..today..midnight”. At that moment, I rushed home knowing I had to have someone else read this email, this very crazy email that I thought could be an answer to the last 6 months of my prayers.

I have had this desire to play pro volleyball overseas, and have hoped that the door would open for an opportunity to come. I remember one night at Pathways Church in Denver sometime in October, the message was on asking God for the impossible. We had to write down what our prayer was on a piece of white scrap paper and proceed to throw it in this open casket, representing Jesus resurrecting from the dead a.k.a the impossible. I wrote down “God, send me where you want me to go, send me and I will follow you. Use me wherever you need me to be used for your kingdom.” It was  very powerful service, especially when I threw my piece of paper in. I had faith that He would come through but would’ve never guessed that I would be sent to The United Arab Emirates! Isaiah 6:8 says, “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' And I said, 'Here I am, send me!'" I truly believe this will be THAT type of experience: just completely trusting and following where God wants me to be.