Today is the day. Today is a new adventure.. a new place…a new encounter with the living God. Yes, today is the day. Today is about living. Living for more of God. And this is what brings me to the world race…a longing for more. God is awakening a generation who will give it all..who will lay down their very lives because they burn with consuming love for God and a zeal for his kingdom to come on earth.
So let me tell you a little about me and my journey:
Ever since I was a child, I was captivated by the world around me. I would stare at picture books of life in other countries for hours, dreaming…imagining…craving adventure. The exotic places and the beautiful people kept my imagination constantly whirling. I was always imagining a life other than the one I was actually living.
My adventurous, child-like spirit was quenched for awhile, as adults tried to fit me in a box and mold me into their expectations. By the grace of God, college changed everything. When I entered college my freshman year, I uttered the most important prayer I had ever prayed: “God, who are you? I want to know who you truly are and not who I was told you are.” That little prayer launched me into a wild, difficult, amazing journey into the heart of God. These past four years, God has stripped me of everything I thought I knew, every false thing I believed about him, the body of Christ, and myself, and revealed his truth and his light into the darkest places of my soul. This last semester at Samford University, God showed up in massive ways. I have known such incredible freedom and love and grace in my relationships with him and with the people around me. He is opening my eyes to deeper mysteries everyday. As Heidi Baker says, it’s all about love. Love frees, love transforms, love heals. As I draw near to him, he delights to show me more. And this is where I’m at this season. Waiting for his promises and wanting MORE of him.
More fun facts:
This past year I lived in a house with seven girls…all of us very different yet very much in love with Jesus. I loved it!
I’m a nomad..a pilgrim on a journey for a wild, full life. I want to live all over the world telling people about my Bridegroom Jesus (home is where the heart is after all).
I’m a messenger of justice- isaiah 58 and 61 are the verses over my life.
The cry of my heart is FREEDOM! Give me the broken, the rejected, the outcast, the orphaned, the hurting, the lonely, the unloved, the afflicted…I’ll take them!
I love color. All colors. Except pink. And I’m partial to burnt orange and turquoise.
Elephants are my favorite. I will ride one at some point of the trip! 🙂
I crave adventure and love to take risks!! Everyone says this, but seriously…I get bored easily.
I’ve been to France, India, and Tanzania. India has a huge piece of my heart. So excited to be going back to it and to Tanzania as well!!!!
I feel most content in the mountains.
I enjoy photography.
Community is important to me. A cup of coffee or tea and a good conversation is my love language. 🙂
I like pranks. Get ready teammates! 😉
I love music, not a gift however.
I laugh at everything.
I am so excited about this next year. I cannot wait to see more of God’s kingdom unleashed in my life as well as the people of all the nations we will be going to. MORE of him is coming! It’s going to be wild! It’s going to be great, and it’s going to be FULL of him.
