Hi! My name is Britt! I am currently working on a degree in Social Work at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama and will graduate this coming December with my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work.I have been in college longer than I would like, but have learned a lot about myself in the long 5 years I have attended college. Between pursuing a nursing degree and realizing God was not calling me to that profession, God wrecked my plans and I was led to social work with no clue in the world how God would use me to work in this profession that gets such a bad wrap for taking children from their families and making no money. I soon understood the course of my life had been preparing me for a career in social work. I just knew I wanted to help people so I dove in with high expectations for God to reveal his plan.
Throughout my time in college, I have had the opportunities to be a part of two overseas mission trips to Ecuador and Uganda. I have always had a heart for missions, so those short term mission trips were such a huge blessing and opened my eyes to what life looks like beyond the comfortable borders of my home. When thinking about the next mission trip I wanted to take, I knew of a friend that was going on the World Race. I had never heard of this, but I followed him while he was gone the entire trip. It blew my mind to see all that he was getting to experience and I wanted to be a part of something like this, but never considered that I might actually be a part of that journey! Little did I know, August of this last year I felt God calling me to go on the World Race. I had never felt anything like this in my life and I honestly was not all that thrilled. How could I leave everything I knew for a year and live out of a backpack for 11 months across the world? I was wrecked for a week and basically said I would never leave for a year. Funny how God works… After a miserable, terrible week of wrestling with God, I remembered the disciples leaving all they had to follow Christ and I was immediately convicted that I would even consider ignoring God’s special plan for my life. I finally surrendered to this call, applied, and was accepted to go on the race!
God has definitely done a work in my heart to begin preparing me for this trip and I couldn’t be more excited for this season in my life! I am so humbled that God would choose me to be a part of something like this and that he would entrust me with the Great Commission to 11 different parts of the world! So cool!! Join me on this journey while I prepare to launch in January!!
Psalm 96:3 – Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
