Hi friend,
I’m a Colorado native that savors stargazing, chocolate, doing handstands, being around children, and airport hellos.
After 17 years in Fort Collins, Colorado, the Lord brought me to Cedarville University in Ohio for college, where I quickly learned I wanted to study Psychology, no matter the “job prospects” (or lack thereof) for an undergraduate degree in a general field. I spent four years deepening my understanding of God and His great saga of humankind through my major and Bible courses. I also met some fabulous people and ate some not-quite-as-fabulous cafeteria meals.
Upon graduating college, I moved to Kansas City, Missouri to serve the Lord at Shelterwood, a therapeutic boarding school for struggling teens. What a learning opportunity…love that phrase. It was challenging, inspiring, and eye-opening. There I met co-workers who knew something I didn’t. They knew that putting your life together and then asking God to bless it is not walking with Him. Walking with the Lord requires talking to Him, listening to Him, and responding to Him.
The more I talked, listened, and walked, I became increasingly aware of my pebble-sized understanding of God in His bottomless ocean of existence. The Lord began to shift my desires and change what was giving me peace. Eventually, my peace and yearnings were undeniably focused on growing in my understanding and experience of Him by seeing and doing His work around the world. What a coincidence (ha) that my friend had told me about the World Race!
I continually learn that the Lord wants to respond to us (James 4:8). I am choosing to draw near to Him by answering His call to make myself available to Him this next year — believing He is setting up divine appointments and will use and teach me in unique and unpredictable ways for His glory.
I hope to use this blog as a means of spreading the word about our GLORIOUS God by communicating all He is doing over the next year in Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Which will be a lot. I will share my personal journey, with prayer requests for those who have committed to supporting me spiritually.
This journey is not “Anna goes on an adventure around the world.” This is “Anna serves the Lord internationally with high expectations of His faithfulness and needs your support!”
I cannot do this alone, nor do I want to. I would be honored if you would use the handy Contact Me or Support Me links there on the left to find out how you can join my support team to provide spiritually and financially to help me share God’s story on the field, through my blog, and through my life.
No matter what, ask Him what He wants to do in your life today! The answer will probably amaze you.
