Hello there!! First of all I just want to express how excited I am about the World Race!!! This is the most radical thing I have ever committed myself to and I am PUMPED! I truly believe without a doubt that this is what God is calling me to do in my life right now and am so excited about the things to come! 🙂
Anyways, a little bit about me: I am from a small town in northwest Arkansas where I have lived for the majority of my life. I have one brother, one sister, and a couple of pretty great parents. I have always been a big sports player. Sports were pretty much my life all the way into high school. Things like church pretty much took a backseat to my thoughts and interests. I did grow up in church though, so I knew all the Bible stories and I prayed and read my Bible occasionally. I was a good kid, didn’t do much wrong, never got in trouble at school. My spiritual life was hurting though.
My junior year of high school, one of my good friends kept hassling me to go to church with her on Wednesday nights to youth group. We went to the same church but I just never went on Wednesdays. She kept asking me and asking me every week to go but I said no time after time. Eventually, her influence made me realize deep down that I needed to start going to youth group. So I went with her one Wednesday. Let’s just say God got a hold of my heart. There was an alter call, but I was too embarrassed to go up there that first night. I knew I should’ve went up to the alter that night, so I kept going with my friend knowing I should truly give my heart to Christ. It took a few nights but I eventually went up to that alter. I don’t even remember the sermon but God was speaking to me and let me tell you, I was bawling like a baby as soon as I bowed my head! That night God transformed my life. The next day at school, there was a noticeable change in the way I carried myself. I was smiling from ear to ear and was truly feeling happiness deep within my soul. My interest was sparked to know God more.
When it was time to choose a college to go to during my senior year, I knew I wanted to go to a Christian college. My parents wanted me to go to Evangel University, but wanting to make my own decision as to where I would go, I chose to go to Southwest Baptist University. Come to find out, it wasn’t where God was calling me. That freshman year at SBU was pure misery for me. I went into a state of depression, or at least the lowest point I had ever reached in my life. I wasn’t attending church regularly and was feeling so empty inside. I knew I needed a change and I knew God was calling me somewhere else.
The next year I transferred to Evangel, where my parents originally wanted me to attend. The two years I spent there were like heaven on earth for me. God truly blessed me with great friends, teachers, and a great church as well as countless other things. If it weren’t for that school, I wouldn’t be writing this blog today.
I just recently graduated from Evangel and am now pursuing a career in medicine, mission’s work, or medical missions! I have such a huge heart for missions and I truly desire to seek out the lost and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to them whatever the method/means may be. I love to travel, learn new things, keep my body the healthiest it can be, coffee:), people, deep conversations, and many many more things that I can’t think of right now! Haha
Seeking God is my main focus in life though and I desire to know Him better everyday. I want to change the world. I don’t want to live an ordinary life. I want to do anything I can to help bring people to Christ and live and grow in him constantly. Passionate thinking, praying, working, and dreaming, I strive to do these things everyday. I have so many dreams and aspirations that fill my heart and thoughts, I can barely contain it. My heavenly Father has placed these desires within me for a reason and I’m learning everyday how I can use them the best that I can to honor God. It’s terrifying but so much more exciting to think of the opportunities ahead and where God is going to take me through this life he has given me (especially with this trip). I feel so extremely blessed everyday to be where I am in life, knowing that God is shaping me to be exactly who i am and who I am supposed to be. 🙂
