About Me

I began my love for missions in high school when God called me to a missions trip in Alaska and then to Guatemala.  Following high school, I went to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.  I loved my time at Taylor where I spent my time living in Swallow Robin Hall for three years with some of my favorite people in the world!   I had the opportunity to travel to Ireland to study abroad for a semester.  I spent four years writing ridiculously long lesson plans, making bulletin boards, and student teaching in small town Indiana as an Elementary Education major.  I went through four years of college planning to teach in the public school system.  While in college I spent a semester studying abroad in Ireland with 32 other Taylor students.  I also had the opportunity to go on a spring break missions trip to Brazil.  

 

            Friends from college.

 

                  My brother and sisters: (Back row)  Katie, Denny, Terri

                                                            (Front) Me, Shannon
As I mentioned, I planned on teaching in a public school.  However, each summer I had the opportunity to work in a variety of summer school programs at various Christian school on the southside.  God slowly began to work in my heart and at some point I realized that I was called to Christian Education.  I graduated from Taylor in 2007 and accepted a job teaching 3rd grade at Salem Christian School in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.  I loved my time at Salem and thank God for my two years teaching in Chicago.  Amy (4th), Natalia (2nd), and I (3rd) survived our first year of teaching together and I have a lot of crazy memories from two years of teaching with those girls!  Most recently, I accepted a new job teaching 3rd grade at a Christian school in the western suburbs of Chicago.

Random Facts:
I love to read.  I fall asleep during movies on a regular basis.  My second language is sarcasm.  I love downtown Chicago during Christmas time.  I’m a White Sox fan. St. Patrick’s Day is a big holiday in my immediate and extended family.  I love teaching.  I love traveling.  I’m a supporter of Christian Education and so thankful I’ve been blessed to work in Christian Schools.  I have an EXTREMELY weak stomach when it comes to any sort of medical procedure.  I think 90’s sitcoms need to make a comeback.  I’ve had a million different part-time jobs in high school and college.  One of my favorite memories of teaching is the all girls sleepover my friends and I hosted for our students at our house.  My family and friends I’ve known for years call me Breda (Gaelic version of Bridget).  I talk to myself and yell at other drivers while I drive.  I don’t like most animals…especially rodents and cats.  I’m REALLY excited about the World Race.