Hi Everyone! I'm not much of a blogger, but I know I will soon be an expert after these next 20 months fly by!
I am 23 years old and I currently live in Pittsburg, TX where I attend First Baptist Church PITT. I love it here and I am in the process of trying to graduate college through Texas A&M- Texarkana where i'm majoring in General Business. As of the Fall 10' Semester and through the Fall 11' Semester, I am currently in a mad rush to finish apporoximately 63 hours of school so I can graduate in December and leave right after in January for The World Race.
As far as the last 11 months of my life go, God has been completely fixing the areas of my life that I have completely destroyed. He has set me on a path that I still can't believe i'm on, and everytime I think about it I really wonder if He's leading these things in my life. Then the slap in the face comes and it's certainly obvious!
A few things about me are: I am half Brazilian, I have three brothers Aaron-26, who is married to my Amazing Sister-in-Law- Aryn, Allan- my older twin brother by 10 minutes, who is married to Brittney, and Adrian-19, who is the youngest. I also have one step brother and a Step Sister- 23? Shelly.
Some of the things I enjoy are: Cooking ( I enjoy throwing foods together and seeing what I can come up with), Basketball ( No my favorite team isn't a Texas team even though i'm from Texas…Lakers!) I enjoy singing and praising our God, and traveling to visit my family when I can.
In the short 23 years of my life i've been through a lot, and I just want to clarify a few things for you really quick. I am not perfect nor do I claim to be. I don't stand here as if I have it all together or as if I know it all. I'm no different than anyone else in this world and I still struggle with sin in my daily life. The good thing is Jesus paid the ultimate price for those sins and has covered me with His grace! In Him, I am dead to sin and made alive in Christ. Also, things have never come easy and there have been many times where I have just wanted to shut down and give up on life. People have died, come and gone, and my world has been completely turned upside down, but I can promise you this. Even in those tough times when nothing ever seemed to go right, God has always been faithful to me and has kept ALL of His promises! So once again in the faith He has given me, I take a huge leap of Faith in the direction Daddy has called me. As I continue to grow and pursue His direction in this amazing task, I just ask that pray, and when you pray,
Ephesians 6: 19 "Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."
