Hey everyone! i wanted to just write up something that explains more of who I am and why i really want to go on this mission trip but most importantly why I feel called to do it. So I am going to share some of my story with you before i get into details about the trip. At a young age I experienced many trials in my life. My parents divorced when i was just 10 years old, I was surrounded by alcoholism , I was even around verbal abuse and domestic violence in my early teens and really almost all the way through high school. At the age of 15 I found out who my real Father was, which was a big shocker. I was not expecting to be this child with so many trials at a young age. I always thought my parents would stay together and I would be the star football player and go off and play college ball, this is literally how I thought my life would be. Clearly it did not turn out that way, I soon found out I was completely broken and had no direction to go, I was lost in the world and followed what everyone else was doing around me. I would cry alone because I didn’t feel I was worth anything and I couldn’t figure out why I had to go through all these problems. Well all these things were going on in my life and then my buddy ended up finding Jesus and He asked me if I would like to go to youth with him, I am almost positive I denied the offer multiple times, then I remember it was a summer day and I was extremely bored. My buddy comes up and asked me if i would like to play capture the flag with the youth that night and me being an active kid and bored out of my mind I said yes. This was the first time I went to youth and believe it or not I actually had a blast!! I think what stood out the most is kids accepted me for who I was and I made awesome friends that night! Immediately I got involved and fell in love with Jesus, then I accepted Jesus into my heart and wow did things get tough! Life got hard and at times I completely went away from the church and blamed God for what was going on and I had this mindset that if I accepted Jesus He would give me a happy life. Well little did I know life was still going to be hard but at a young age I didn’t understand. I was filled with anger and hurt and then slowly started partying again and going out drinking. My life quickly changed one weekend and ultimately sent me in the direction I needed to go. I was out partying with some friends and we decided to drive home. I told them I was fine and could drive us home. I was about into Findlay and then I got pulled over for speeding and I knew I wasn’t okay to drive and I thought for sure I was going to get busted. The cop put me in his cop car and asked if I had been drinking, I said no. We ended up having a great conversation about different things and by the time we were done talking he said, “I am going to give you a warning on the speeding ticket but I am going to have to give you a breathalyzer test”. I took the test and actually went over the limit twice!! He looked at me and personally I think it was God working in him. He told me,” if you promise me you will go straight home and never do this again I will let you go and I said sir I will. He let me go!! I couldn’t believe it! My friends and I went home and they were all excited we got let go but I thought about Grace that night and what that man said to me. I could not sleep. That cop helped me with my decision to follow Christ completely that night. I knew I needed a savior but I also knew I needed to work at my relationship with Christ. That is exactly what I did I took it seriously and I served and became a leader for the youth group, I ended up leading a little bit on Sunday mornings on the Worship team and I started realizing my purpose and that my purpose was to Serve, give, make myself last in this world. This is why I felt called to do this Mission trip!
I felt called to be apart of the World Race fusion because I believe God wants to challenge me and show me what ministry and missions is all about. I am very excited about this trip and how much its going to change my view on how I live my life for Christ daily. I cant do this alone! I need your help!! Financially its difficult to support myself for this huge trip! I am asking for your financial support I would love for you to prayerfully seek this opportunity out to give and if you feel it something God puts on your heart than give 🙂 I am challenging 50 people to give 100 dollars but anything helps me for this journey!! Thank you so so much for all you do for me friends and family!! I couldn’t do this with out you!!
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