About Me

The great procrastinator! Ok that does'nt really sum me up but I do feel quite guilty for procrastinating on my blogging for so long. So, my appologies to those of you who have been long awaiting me to start writing. Now to tell you who I am…

My name is Angela. I will be 23 when I leave for the race. Currently I attend Ohio State University but I also attended Anderson University (IN) for 2 years. I have always had a passion for children and a very big heart for underprivledge people. These passions along with the caring guidence of my high school teacher Mrs. Knight led me to major in Elementary Education. Outside of school I really enjoy volunteering in underprivledged areas. Regretfully, with all the ruccus of moving schoools in the past year I made very little time for volunteering so this may be a surprise to some. Some other passions of mine include dancing, music, gymnastics, and soccer. Music and dance are especially important to me and I use them constantly to express the happenings in my life.

Music is what really pulled me into finding Christ. I started out as a bus kid. My parents did not attend church but  my Sister's, Melissa's, best friend was the daughter of a pastor in my home town. She invited us to her church. Thankfully, her church had a bus ministry that would come right to our house and pick us up every Sunday. So in 7th grade I began going to church. I loved going to church because I felt loved there. I felt like it was the one safe shelter from the chaos going on in my home at that time. However, it took years before I truly accepted Christ. The pastor was great and all but it wasn't until I made friends with the worship band that I was finally ready to follow him. I spent a lot of time with my new friends who were constantlly expressing God's love through music and they weren't afraid to talk about it or let it show. My junior year of high school during worship at my first church camp is when I prayed the prayer of salvation. Since then I've had my highs and I have been at my rock bottom but Jesus has always been my savior and reason for keeping my head up. A conselor once told me that "I should be a stastic [ meaning a victim of suicide, drop out, criminal, etc.]." she went on to ask me why I wasn't. What made me keep going through some of the lows I hit? I remember being a little shocked by her comment and question and all I could say was "God." I know that if I did not have the strenght of God on my side I would not be who I am or where I am. I knew when I was young that I had something huge planned for me and that everything I went through was preparing me.

I don't know if this trip is what I have been preparing for or if this is just the beggining of missions work for me but I know with out a doubt that I am meant to be going on this World Race.