My Story:
My name is Chelsea Hoffman and I am 22 years old. I just graduated from Samford University with my degree in Graphic Design. I grew up in a loving Christian home with Mom and Dad and my two siblings. My brother is now married and I have an adorable nephew.
My Journey:
The questions begin your Junior year, mostly from the relatives that you don’t see but once a year, but as the year goes on the questions become more and more often. But, I was confident in my answer. With a big smile on my face, I would tell them of my five year plan of finding a graphic design job until I had raised enough money to start my own wedding planning business. I was happy that I had a plan, when most were still clueless. By the world’s standards that made me ahead of the pack, and me being competitive and all made that definitely good news. But that all kinda went south. You see my first mistake was going to a church in Birmingham, Alabama that focused on doing the will of God no matter the cost. My second was then praying that His desires would become my desires. That’s when it got a little shaky. Because His desires didn’t seem to include a life full of earthly things. When people began to ask questions, I no longer was confident, but somewhat anxious. God had taken away my desires and I felt lost at what his plans were. At this same time, I feel God was slowly changing my life goal from making me happy to bringing him glory. The thought of missions began to pop up in my quiet time journal. It took months of prayer and time with God before I even mentioned this thought to a few close friends. But, after it was said, it was like God confirmed my thinking. I began to search for mission trips and after several more months, I finally talked to my family about what I was thinking. I found the world race and felt that God was really pushing me towards this trip. Before this all began I knew there was a need to spread the word of God, but I had no passion. But, when he gave me the desire to go, He also gave me the burden for the hearts of his people all across the world. My freshmen year of college, I was in a leadership class and she told us that we were going to be world changers. At the time, I shrugged it off as a motivational speech, but now I see it was a challenge set before us. Will we put our lives in the hands of our Father to change the world, or will we sit by and let the world change us? I challenge you as you continue on this journey with me to give your life over to God, let Him take your desires and replace them with His own. What would happen if we all let God lead our lives, what an amazing generation of world changers that would be.
More about me:
I am a huge tv fan.
I love the outdoors especially waterfalls and mountains.
I love to sit in silence with good friends.
I like to watch movies.
I love children.
I will eat pasta everyday if I could.
