We were asked to write a blog about how we were called to this mission trip. Here is my story…
II have been going on inner city and overseas mission trips since I was a freshman in high school. I have always been interested in other cultures. My passion and desire to learn about other cultures led me to choose an Intercultural Studies major, cross cultural focused, at Taylor University in Fort Wayne. While attending Taylor, I continued to go on various mission trips and did my internship in the Dominican Republic working with children in villages.
After college, I studied Spanish abroad, as well as traveled with our church’s youth group as a leader for their mission trip. 
I continued to have the passion for other cultures. While I don’t know where this passion is leading me in life, I do know that God calls me to minister to everyone I can in my own hometown and across the world.
I was searching on the internet looking for a short-term summer mission trip to attend, and I happened to come across the World Race on AIMs website. It sounded like something interesting, and after inquiring about it and going through the application process, here I am today. I am really looking forward to this trip and the challeneges and lessons that I am going to learn. I am also looking forward to the community we are going to be a part of, and the love that will be surrounding our teams. God called me to this trip…and I am doing my best to listen.
