Hey Everyone!
Its a new year so I figured what a wonderful opportunity to start with a clean slate. For those of you that don’t know me, heres a little snip it about who I am.
Hang in there its a long one;)
My name is Jewel Macauley, and I am 24 years old from Frederick, MD. Frederick is a odd little place about an hour from DC. Its a small town vibe with a combo of country, suburban and city. Which has its up and downs, but it is home <3
I grew up in a Christian home and have had a relationship with the Lord from a really young age. However I got lost a lot in college trying to be someone I’m not. Trying to “find myself” and figure out who I am. For some reason I was looking for that answer around me instead of just looking up. I went through a lot of experiences, hardships and heartache that all could have been avoided. But God sure has a way of turning every situation for his Glory. I recommitted myself to God almost 2 years ago. I am in no way perfect, and still struggle everyday to try and get it right. God is the only thing in my life that pulls me out of my dark times and never leaves me. I remind myself to look to him daily, and I am so grateful for everything he has done and taught me in my life.
Growing up I never cared for sports, but began dancing when I was 8 and fell in love. I danced all through middle school and high school and even went to college for dance my freshman year. I ended up transferring to Towson University as a double major in dance and exercise science. I studied in lots of forms of dance but my favorite was modern/contemporary. That form of expression I always loved. It was like letting my heart and soul breath (if that makes any sense). Despite my love for it I realized I didn’t enough to make a career out of it. So I dropped the major and focused on exercise science. Now dance is something just for me! But not socially because I am still super awkward at that lol!!
I currently do neuromonitoring as a surgical neurophysiologist. So I work in the operating room and get to see a ton of different surgeries which is really cool. In the long run I do desire to have a profession that offers me more patient interaction. The human body fascinates me so much and learning more about it just continues to amaze me in how meticulous and brilliant God is. Health care is such a great way to serve people and witness Gods work and I pray one day I can find a profession that allows me to pair my love for medicine and the mission field together.
Besides work I am super spontaneous. I am always down to go somewhere or try something new. I love to hike, camp and really anything outside. I also like to paint and draw in my free time. I can be pretty quiet when I first meet people but I’m a ton of personality when you really get to know me!
Another passion of mine is missions. Which is why you all are here:) So as you know now I was accepted to do the World Race Expedition. This is a 11 month mission trip to 11 different countries starting in August 2019. Expedition is different from a traditional world race route. Its sole purpose is to reach the 10/40 window of people in the world, where the Gospel is not reached. I feel like in America we have so much privilege that people typically take for granted. I know the drastic changes that God has done in my life, and I cant imagine my life without him. I pray that we can share His word with people who may grow to know him, who otherwise might not ever of known His truth. We will also be working with refugees, underground churches, youth, elderly, teaching, assisting with ongoing projects and building new projects for future world race teams.
I will be with a team of 30, backpacking from country to country. So much has gone into me getting to this point of being able to go on this trip. Gods hand was so strongly on this path and now I am walking forward with such confidence that this is what he has planned for me. I ask that you pray that I can prepare well for this trip spiritually and meet my financial and fundraising goals. I ask that you all pray for my team that we will be safe in our endeavors, and that we will always put the Lord in-front of us and not lead to our own understanding. I pray that we will be what he needs us to be.
Thanks for reading and walking with me!!!
Jewel :))))))))))
