Welcome to my first ever blog! Let me share with you a little about my story and how I came about going on this crazy thing called the world race!
I didn’t grow up consistently going to church, it actually wasn’t until I was going into my senior year of high school that I realized who God really is and who I am in Christ. A beloved daughter.
So one random day nearing the end of the school year, one of my sisters friends asked if we would both go to this summer camp for a week in Virginia. My sister and I were hesitant asking our mom because we thought it was too much money to ask so soon. We ended up getting in a van with two random girls we had never before and drove to Virginia to this camp called Rockbridge. Once we got out of the van, I don’t think my mouth closed until the end of the week. I was in awe. Awe of the beauty. Awe of the love I felt. Awe of the fact that I was asked to go. Later in the week, I told Brooke, my Young Life leader, that I wanted Jesus. I haven’t been the same since.
Thank you, Brooke Turner, for praying for me and pursuing me and never giving up on me!!!!!!!! <3
Fast forward to freshman year of college, I was in a dorm with my very best friend. I was at my dream college. I was pursuing my dream of nursing. I had it all, or so I thought. When one day, I heard a sweet voice tell me to move home. “Uh absolutely not” I kept saying over and over and over….. until I didn’t. So I moved back to Northern Kentucky and enrolled at NKU (have I ever told you how much I despised that place), began to live with Brooke and Katie and started the training to become a Young Life leader.
Fast forward some more into my second year of leading, I felt the pull towards missions. But where, God? Brooke and Katie both were going to Haiti twice a year, so naturally I thought I would go to Haiti with them, until God told me He had somewhere for me. So I began to pray and ask where to go when God lit up Ethiopia on the page of Adventures in Missions. I applied and went and BOY DID IT ROCK MY WORLD! I can’t put into words the way I saw God work and His glory. I knew this place I would be going back to, but when?? Thats when I felt the nudge to apply to the world race. “Uh absolutely not” that is too long to be away from my comfortable life I live in America. I tried to come up with many excuses until I caved and applied. Then a few days later, heard I was accepted!! The overwhelming joy that came is indescribable! I AM SO EXCITED!
So the World Race is an 11 month mission trip in 11 different countries!! I get to be the hands and feet of Jesus and proclaim His name to the unreached parts of the world! HOW COOL! And you can help me get there!!
A fairly short version of my story and how I got to this point to going. You can subscribe to my blog and get updates every time I post. If you would like to chat some more, reach out to me! I’d love to answer any questions or just chat. If you would like to donate, I deeply appreciate every dollar that you can give!
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