ABOUT ME:
I accepted Christ at 4 years old. When I was eight I rededicated my life and decided to make it public by being baptized. I was part of a leadership team in my youth group called ICU. When I was 19 I realized that I needed to make my faith my own. It wasn’t personal to me up to that point. I joined BSF, Bible Study Fellowship. We studied Romans that year and it answered all of the questions I had been asking. I became a children’s leader in BSF and taught for 5 years. The pattern of my Christian life has seemed to be failing, forgiveness, learning, and growing.
FAMILY:
Bob and Sherri are my parents, who are still married and in love after 40+ years of marriage! Brad is my oldest brother who is married to Jennifer. They have three children who were adopted from South Korea, Nate, Nicholas and Mikayla. Christa is my older sister; she was killed in a car accident when I was 10 years old. Dave is the next in line; he is still single and has no children. Then there is me, I’m the baby and I love it!
WORK/SCHOOL HISTORY:
While in high school I worked for Wendy’s, I cleaned Citizen’s Bank, and Mascari Cleaners. After high school I worked at NCS Graphics as a silk screener/embroiderer while I was in school at International Business College for a Graphic Design Certificate. When I finished at IBC I got a job at GBI Design as a Graphic Designer. I went back to school to Crossroads Bible College for an Associates Degree in Bible. While at school I went back to work for NCS Graphics, this time as an artist. I then went to Mexico for a Spanish Immersion Program and Costa Rica for my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Certificate.
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:
Favorites: dancing, singing, music, beauty, family, love, games, being goofy, working hard, taking risks, adventure, the smell of rain, sunshine, Qdoba, Starbucks, reading, naps, time with friends, smiles from strangers, learning something new about God, when others learn something new about God, inspiration, flowers, ice cream, Twix bars, children, teaching, laughing, the ocean, mountains, swimming, hiking, nature, rollerblading, ice skating, mountain biking, skiing, road trips, the smell of coffee, the fruit of the spirit, light, etc.
Dislikes: laziness, bad communication, procrastination, prejudice and racism, ignorance, selfishness, pride, etc. (especially when I am the one who does it). Lima beans, brown mole (a Mexican food), weakness, materialism, being lost, death, starvation, disease, high gas prices, colds, bad drivers, knowing that there are people in the world who have never heard the gospel.
Favorite Quotes:
“I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light” John Keith Falconer
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot
“Here am I. Send me.” Isaiah
“What are we here for, to have a good time with Christians or to save sinners?” Malla Moe
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church, worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t” John Piper
“Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.” J. Hudson Taylor
“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there, Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to Him of many.” J. Hudson Taylor
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.” John Piper
