I want to take a snapshot of myself- a picture in words- to describe to all of you who I am and what I am about. I could tell you that I’ll be a graduate of college with a Bachelor’s in Social Work, that I lived in Washington all my life before I moved to a small Christian University in Spring Arbor, MI, or that I want to travel the world and this opportunity seems like a dream come true. But those are all minor details of my life compared to what my purpose is. So I wrote a mission statement to encompass all that I want to be about:

To love God first,
To care for others even in my hardest times,
To be a light during dark days,
To model Jesus’ character,
To strive for perfection in all that I do,
To use my talents to change others,
To challenge myself,
To show love to orphans and abandoned children,
To be a friend of all and an enemy of none,
To do all that I can for the glory of God,
To set others on fire for Christ,
To lead a structured lifestyle,
To trust in God with everything,
To listen and learn from others,
To never stop dreaming,
To change a life,
This is my mission statement.