Hey!!
Thank you so much for choosing to follow me and learn more about my Journey! I am super excited to share these next few months of adventure with you!!!
I am 26 years old (27 in May!) I know it’s a young age but still feels super weird to think about it! Every time someone asks me how old I am I always say 25 because I can really never remember!! Hahaha. I currently work in a couple different places. I am a preschool special education teacher assistant! That job has totally been a dream job of mine since I was a young girl, so I’ve been super blessed to be able to work in that field for the last couple of years! I also work with a local publishing company, Empress World Publishing, where I get to help writers see dreams come true through the publishing process! And I also volunteer with a non-profit Moving Forward…Reaching Back, whose mission is to inspire and encourage all youth to dream beyond their circumstances through literacy, motivational production and community outreach. So you can say my days are pretty full but I love it! I love having the opportunity to make a difference is people’s lives.
I was born in Jacksonville, Fl. But I was raised in Virginia Beach, Va. I was born into a military family and I am one of the lucky few who didn’t have to move every couple of years. So I’ve been in Virginia Beach my whole life. The beach has become my “get away” when I need to get refocused on life. I’m not into surfing or any of the beach things, I just enjoy the vastness, the sound, the smell of salt water, the calming aspect of it all, and it’s especially my favorite at night!! Sometimes when I stop and think about living at the beach, I think about all the people who have never had the experience to enjoy the beach and all its amazingness! Not only loving the beach as I grew up, I also grew up with two older brothers and a super hero Mom! So I’ve learned to hold on own against the boys! We had an interesting childhood, like most siblings we fought all the time, but we had a few moments where we were one big happy family! Hahaha. One of my brothers was totally into sports while the other was into technology. I was closest to age with Nick, who played football, which sparked a love sports in me! He used to make me learn how to throw a football or run routes before he would take me to the park! When I was in high school, I used to love to play catch, which where I got the nickname Ice-Box, which is still a name I go by now! Currently my brothers are both pursing their dreams, one as a police officer and one as an elementary PE teacher and assist football coach at a university.
Some other random facts about Becca! (there is no real order to these, just me being me!)
-My favorite color is Orange
-I love butterflies!
-I love clouds at night! (And stars toooo!)
-I attend Freedom Fellowship, and have been a part of this church for about 11 years.
-I absolutely LOVE working in youth ministry! I have been a part of Access Youth for about 6 years.
-EVERY YEAR I look forward to summer camp!!!
-I recently started MMA training with my youth pastor AKA The Pastor of Disaster!
-I have visited many different places! (Uganda, Colombia, India).
-I have felt called to missions since my first trip in 2009.
-My dream has been to travel the world and spread the Gospel and love ever since! (This is literally A DREAM COME TRUE!!)
-Last year I went through some spiritual battles where I felt as if I had lost my voice in this world, but with church family by my side, through prayer, I have been set free.
-I have a voice, and my voice matters.
-I like tattoos and actually have 5 right now.
-I am a visionary/dreamer. That’s how God speaks to me a lot of times.
-I enjoy swimming!
-Football and volleyball are two of my favorite sports. Love playing pickup games of each!
-I am very lucky to have a lot of spiritual fathers/mothers/brothers/sisters!
-I am an extroverted-introvert! (I love being around people, but I’m not good is large groups if I don’t know people).
-I struggle a lot with accepting God can use me, with this incredible task! But I fall back onto different people who God used who believed they were not good enough, yet loving Daddy choose to use them for His mighty work!
-This past year, I lost a best friend to suicide and I have learned what it looks like to look at God and said even though I don’t understand I choose to trust you God.
As you can see there are so many things that make me the person I am. Many highs and lows, things in my past as well as things I’m facing today!
Words just cannot express how excited I am being able to live out this dream of traveling the world!
I’m sure as you follow my blogs throughout this next year, you’ll learn more and more about me!
