so let’s see… i grew up in connecticut in a small town with pretty much the same people from kindergarten through senior year of high school. i loved it and i love going back. when i was a junior in high school my friend invited me to young life club where i heard the gospel for the first time. it was that night that i prayed with my leader and committed my life over to Jesus. life has never been the same…
i spent my first year of college in new york city and then transferred to davidson college in north carolina. i was a young life leader through college and had amazing community. after graduation i moved out to boulder,co and have been interning with the high school ministry of a church out here for the past year.
two years ago, right before entering my senior year of college, i went on a two month mission trip to kenya with AIM. the trip changed my life. God broke my heart and awakened within me a deep passion for missions. my faith was radically transformed. it was during training that we were challenged to be Christ’s bondservant. it hit me from the moment it was spoken. i felt the desire within me awaken. i wanted to live a life that reflected the costly gospel and that was recklessly abandoned to my Father’s will. that summer opened my eyes to the fullness of living for Jesus- the cost, the freedom, and the adventure. i want to desire my Savior in such a way that “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.” that’s been my prayer ever since that summer – to be completely, even foolishly by the world’s standards, abandoned to His will.
and so here i am about to embark on one of the greatest adventures of my life. all i can say is that i’m ready. i’m ready to experience the body of Christ like never before. i’m ready to be broken and humbled like i could never imagine. and i’m ready to experience more of the daring, incomparable life and untamed faith that come through following my Savior.
