January 2013 – November 2013
I will be taking my first official step into ministry when I go to
11 countries in 11 months
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Rwanda
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
- Honduras
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Cambodia
- Nepal
- India
- Nepal
- Cambodia
- Malaysia
- Thailand
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Rwanda
- Uganda
We will be partnering with local churches and ministries to
- live among those who are the fringes of society
- participate in evangelism and discipleshipreach out to those trapped in human trafficking and befriend prostitutes
- bring healing and reconciliation
- care for orphans
- share the message of Jesus with Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus
- encourage a remnant of believers
and so much more!
I am so incredibly excited and humbled to be able serve Christ around the world as a minister of the Gospel to spread this hope, joy and love to the nations!
Thank you very much for being a partner in the Gospel with me in this!
(Philippians 1:2-11)
“Go to the ends of the earth to make disciples
from every nation, tribe, people and language.”
(Matthew 28:19; Acts 1:8; Revelation 7:9)
Who am I?
- I am a follower of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ).
- I feel God is calling me into life-long ministry
- I am 22 years old
- I grew up in Gary, Indiana
- I graduated Indiana University in Bloomington with a BA in Psychology and Sociology with a Philosophy minor.
Interesting Items Included in I (me)
- I really like alliteration (hense the title of this section).
- I love deep conversations! (and ask deep questions)
- Photography is my biggest hobby–I especially love nature photography.
- I love to hike, backpack, canoe, spelunk–anything outdoorsy where I can really connect to God through nature.
- I enjoy cooking, especially ethnic dishes from scratch.
- I do not want to stay in one place for the rest of my life but hope to travel around the world, meeting people from different backgrounds and beliefs and experiencing different cultures.
- I’ve done ballroom dance.
- I am a neat freak (I really like keeping things organized–things, my life, i.e. my schedule, is definitely not the same thing, haha).
- I have a ton of great books that I really want to read, but I just haven’t gotten around to them yet. (I’ve probably read less than 10 out of more than 50 books that I have.) I love non-fiction theology, philosophy, apologetics, comparitive religion, etc.
- I am really passionate about worship and intense, intimate prayer.
- I’ve really gotten into journaling a lot of my thoughts.
Some of my favorite Bible passages
- Galatians 2:20
- Ephesians 2:8-10
- Luke 17:7-10
- Romans 14:23b
- I Corinthians 4:4
- Philippians 1:3-11, 21-24; 3:7, 10-11
- Matthew 18:20
- and so many other. I love when God speaks through Scripture!
Favorite Worship Songs
(i.e. If you haven’t heard these, look them up because I am convinced that at least some of these will be singing when we are all with God for eternity)
- How Great is Our God
- Exalted (Yahweh)
- Majesty
- I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous)
- Jesus Paid it All
- How Great Thou Art
- Amazing Grace
- Come Thou Fount
- Nothing But the Blood
- Sancuarty
- Hallelujah, Salvation and Glory
- Your Love
- Give Me Your Eyes
- How He Loves
- Beautiful Things
- Beautiful
- Hosanna
- Beautiful, Scandalous Night
… and obviously so many more.
My Brief Story
That is a really good question: Who am I? As I sit here in front of the computer screen with some of my best friends around me, I have to pause for a moment to think about who I am. I can tell you a lot about other things, but when it comes down to me, I really cannot tell you about who I am without telling you about the Great I AM.
I grew up in a Christian home going to church all my life and attending a Christian school. I remember my parents telling me how I had prayed with my older sister one time to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. But when I was around 9 years old at a summer camp, I realized that this was too important of a decision to leave up to the word of someone else. I was afraid of going to hell when I die, so I prayed at camp during an alter call to accept Jesus for sure as my Lord and Savior. But then about a year later I realized that being Christian should not be about not going to hell, but it should be about going to heaven, so I prayed once again for the right reason. Then another year later, I prayed again because I saw that it is not about not going to hell or about going to heaven, but it is about just being with God in a relationship wherever he is.
Through junior high and high school, this became more of a intellectual pursuit of God than walking with God through every aspect of my life. I was that kid that knew all the Bible answers, but the Gospel was not really affecting the heart of my life. I was really involved with a lot of Christian activities and had many deep conversations with friends, but I was still wanting to live my life the way I wanted to apart from the call and conviction I was feeling from God.
By sophomore year of college I got to a breaking point of my life where I could now say that “whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.” I do still see the great value of my solid Christian upbringing, but I see now how to be a Christian does not mean to claim a certain theology or worldview but rather it is about surrendering my whole life to God and living out of service to him through the spurring of his Spirit. So it was not really until sophomore year of college that I really committed my whole life to living for Christ.
Now, I am super passionate about living out of love for God and humble service to him, striving to love him continually with all that I am and loving those around me out of the love that God has given me. He has taught me so much about the power of his Spirit, his sovereignty, true worship and continual prayer, and so much more.
There is so much I would love to tell you about how God is working in and through my life. If you want more details or just want to fellowship together, feel free to ask me about it anytime.
