Graduate from high school: Yes
Student Lead a Mission Trip: Yes
Attend the University of Alabama: Yes
Major in Biology: Yes
My whole life (and especially this past year) has been a series of me planning out my life and saying yes to all of my own blue prints. I never really saw a problem with this, either. As long as I had a detailed list for every future event to follow, I was fine. It took an extremely rough first semester of college and a night of crying out to God asking Him to show me what I needed to do to really find out what I had been doing wrong all along.
Alabama had been my dream school for years and I knew exactly what career path I wanted to go down. I was 100% sure that I wanted to be in a sorority and I had no doubts in my mind when I loaded up my car and headed to school in August. But once school began and the semester started to unfold itself, I felt all of my plans crashing down right in front of me. Keyword: my.
What was I doing wrong? Where in the plan had I messed up? But that was just it. It was never my plan to begin with. I had an extremely long talk with the Lord and it was clear what He was showing me. There was no more planning out every single step I took; it was time to say yes to our Father. To say, Yes God, I’m ready to trust you. No more following Him and not trusting in His plans.
With every fear, doubt and disappointment out on the table I looked up at the Lord and said:
“Yes Lord, here I am. Lead me and I will follow. I trust you.”
It was a kind of yes I’ve never said before. Giving my full self to the Lord and recognizing fully that no plan I could ever create, will ever be as great as the one He has already set. And what a relieving yes that was to say.
The Lord has now led me here. He called me to go, and I willingly followed. Starting in October of 2016 I will head out on a 9 month mission trip to Thailand, Malawi and Guatemala. This journey will come with many challenges and I know it will not be easy, but it will all be worth it.
Please join me as I set off on this journey. This blog is a place that I will be updating from now up until launch in October, and then while on the race. You can follow this blog by pressing the ‘follow’ button on the left hand side. Besides that, I would absolutely love to talk to you more about this and tell you more of my heart. Feel free to contact me with anything, you can do so by simply pressing the ‘contact’ button.
As I enter these next 10 months of preparation, I will have a lot to do. The main one is fundraising. To go on this trip it costs about $13,800, not including all of my equipment, vaccinations, etc. Our Father is the ultimate provider, and I have complete faith that He will provide the funds, people and resources I need to go on this trip. I would also appreciate if you would pray for me as I prepare, that the Lord would prepare my heart for everything He will lead me to.
If you feel led to financially support me on this journey with the Lord, the simplest way is by clicking on the tab on this page labeled “Support Me”. I thank you all so much in advance for any support you provide me with, prayerfully or financially.
Thank you for reading my heart and I look forward to all that is to come. The Lord is always faithful and good. If you would like to get updates when I update my blog, please press ‘Subscribe for Updates’ on the left hand side. It means a lot!
“Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3
