Hey guys!
Soooo I have never blogged before but I am so excited to get started and to share this amazing adventure that God has called me on with all of you. First and foremost I would like to start off by thanking everyone involved in my life for constantly being there to support me, I love you guys!
Now a little bit about me. My name is Avery Marie Trifone. I am 18 years of age and I am entering the last few months of my senior year in high school. i am a very busy girl constantly doing something whether it be work, school, church things, or being with friends and family. I work at the YMCA either up in child watch with the kiddos, in the fitness center, or that one time I coached flag football (but we don’t need to talk about that). I absolutely love my job because it gives me this cool experience to work with all sorts of people and build relationships while helping out the community. I am highly involved in my church and boy do I love it. I am a Sunday school teacher for grades 2-3 which has been very interesting to say the least, and has granted me this cool opportunity to be an influence on these kids lives as they grow in Christ. Don’t even get me started on how much I love my youth group. It is my senior year which is bittersweet because we are a family of brothers and sisters in Christ and I have had cried, laughed until I cried, and grown with these beautiful people. I have become part of the Student Leadership Team this year and in that we are making changes and building the youth group as the church of tomorrow, which is wicked cool. My friends and family are just down right amazing. I am so blessed to be surrounded by such incredible people who endlessly support me and love me. The friends that I have met through my church have changed my life for the better. I have never experienced such love in fellowship and friendship until I met my lovely people and I can’t thank them enough.
I came to know Christ three years ago. I was properly introduced to Him and decided that I couldn’t live my life without him at Monadnock, the yearly winter retreat. Since that decision was made it hasn’t been simply daisies and roses. My parents got divorced which changed my life and I struggled with depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. I still struggle with depression and anxiety to this day, but there is something different now. I’m not alone. I have this amazing God as my savior, my healer, my friend, and my everything. He didn’t promise me days without pain, but He did promise me strengrh and comfort through the tears. He has blessed me in so many ways, and quite frankly I don’t think I would be alive today if it weren’t for my amazing God and the grace and safety he granted me. I want to share my story and this is how I believe God is calling me to do that. I was all set to go to Southerm New Hampshire University, but that was not His plan for me and I’m so excited for what he has in store. I’m excited for the relaionships that I’m going to build with my team and the people that we are going to meet and that God will work in their lives through us. I’m excited for the experiences and the ability to dive into different cultures and worlds. I’m excited to get to know myself in a way that I never have before, by leaving everything I know behind and taking time for the Lord and asking him to transform my heart.
I ask that you would pray for me, my team, and the people that we are going to meet. I ask that you would pray that the Lord will work in each of our hearts and do great things.
Thank you so much for the support and i highly hope that you will enjoy reading about the amazing experiences that are ahead of me.
With much love,
Avery
