About Me

Thanks for checking out my blog. This is an incredible and unique moment in my life and I'm glad that you want to share in it with me. Sometimes I forget how blessed I am. Too often I appreciate the work of God in retrospect. But not this time. I want to savor every moment of this journey. The moments of doubt and stress. The moments of breakthrough and joy. Even the moments I lose heart. Because this journey doesn't start when I get to the field….this journey started when God said "Let's dream together."

Sometimes I worry that I'm not good enough at ministering or loving people, but then I'm reminded that when I get Jesus, I get ministry, and when I get Jesus….I GET LOVE!! Love enough to actually give out. So much love that I can pour out Him instead of pouring out me. People don't need me. People need Jesus.

At the end of the day, I want to love. Not just an obligatory "love" or a good deeds "love, but a deep love. A love that is divine. A love that transcends humanitarianism. A love that lingers even after the lover is gone. I can build houses or pray for the sick to be healed, but those things will fade. Even a person healed by God will eventually die of something. But when people come in contact with the love of God, they are marked for life. And when people know this God that IS love, they have eternal life. That's something to get excited about. 

For those of you who didn't get enough of me in those first few paragraphs, you can continue to read some of my ramblings and random thoughts below. 🙂

I'm 20 years old. I have two sisters and one brother. I've lived in Oklahoma most of my life, but I was born in California.

I can't get enough of the outdoors, but I could also stay inside and read all day.

I think people are complex.

I tend to reduce things to black and white pretty often, so that bothers me sometimes.

Also I don't spend very much time talking about myself.

I like musicals almost as much as karate movies…that can't be normal.

Jesus is more interesting than anything I've come across.

I don't understand grace and I don't get why He loves us so much.

But I know it's the best thing ever.

Sometimes I try to find meaning apart from Him…

But then I come full circle and say, "Oh yeah."

I like things that challenge me.

I like things I'm good at more.

Theology is good, but Jesus is better.

I really enjoy pondering faith. It's intellectually humbling.

If you couldn't already tell….I like one-liners.

The world is full of mystery and that really excites me.

The Holy Spirit lives inside me! What?!!

Solving problems brings me great joy, especially when there's no waiting involved.

I have a great family whom I still don't appreciate enough.

The benefit of the doubt is one of my favorite things to give.

I like seeing the best in people.

I believe that love wins, but I'm not a Universalist.

My favorite music is the kind that sounds good.

I guess that's like saying, "My favorite music is the kind I like." Whatever.

I am not meant to live a mediocre life.

Jesus has a plan for me.

Jesus has a plan for everyone.

"Everyone" doesn't know that.

I want everyone to know that.

I will sell myself to buy the One I've found.

The Kingdom of God is at hand and this scripture is cool:

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!"