Alright…about me. As a warning, this is subject to change, because I don't expect to be the same person that I am right now before I begin my trip, and especially after I'm done racing. It kind of scares and excites me that the Lord decided He needs 11 months to prepare me for the trip because I know He's going to use it! It's just my job to listen and hear what He needs me to do.
So right now, this is who I am:
I LOVE Jesus. I haven't always loved Him though. I grew up in a Christian home but drifted away from it during high school and certainly during college. This past year I've gone through some radical transformation and rededicated my life to serving Him. It's much more fulfilling, let me tell you.
I am a college student. I'm majoring in psychology and humanities, with a minor in political science. I love people and hearing their stories.
I have lived on the east coast (Boston), Midwest (suburbs of Chicago), and west coast (Seattle). I can't decide which area I like more, but I love the trees and mountains of Washington. They're breathtaking to me and I feel like God has put me in one of His playgrounds. I really enjoy being active and outside out here, it's a huge change from the bleak Midwestern prairie and I praise God for it continually haha.
The college I go to is notorious for making the "top party schools" lists each year. I live on one of the main streets on "College Hill," where it all goes down. I used to be one of these partiers–it's ironic that I can see one of the main bars from my bedroom window. My heart is full of compassion for these students, and I continually try to share my testimony with friends still trying to seek fulfillment in this way. I also intern as a substance abuse preventionist, so I help put together events in the community to help prevent this abuse and the consequences from it.
I am a daughter to two amazing followers of Christ. I don't always listen to them, and our relationship has gone through some pretty rocky periods, but I totally respect both of their perseverance following Jesus, and am grateful for all the times they pursued me when I wasn't following Him. I also have two younger brothers, both of whom keep me humble and weird and competitive :).
I love to craft, paint, decorate, cook, and Pinterest. I have motherly tendencies and no kids of my own to direct them towards…so it usually ends up going towards my friends. It's puke-worthy. I know.
Most of all…I can't wait to be rid of it all. To find my identity only in Christ, to carry around only the things I need, and to serve. He is all I need.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."
