Simply put I am a Kingdom kid!
I was raised in Orangeville Ontario for a good part of my life. My parents worked hard to try to make it work, but for them and for us, they knew it was time to call it quits. It was a hard time, but just like that God of ours, He took a hard situation and brought the best outcome. I am now happy to say I have a large and loving family made up of the Betz, Willemsma\’s, Sherburn\’s and Staveley clans. My sister Jennifer and I gained 4 step sisters and a step brother during that time and I am thankful for each and everyone of them.
I can\’t say that this didn\’t effect me negatively in the past. I wasn\’t always walking with Jesus and I had a few really long years of brokeness and pain. I made poor choice after poor choice. It was a messy time in my life, but today I look back at it grateful that God brought me out and excited that I can use His redemption story for me, to help others going through simular things.
Having 2 great moms and 2 great dads was a blessing. Though not all of my family shares my beliefs they share one thing in common, they are loving and supporting of my choices to pursue missions. I love them feircly , now adding to the list a numerous amount of neices and nephews that are the loves of my life.
Before the race I was working in a daycare in Drayton Valley AB. Yeah that\’s Canada, WHOOT WHOOT! It is where I currently reside now after the race. I changed my bio today, because I am changed. I spent a year in radical transitions. I gained identity, new definitions of normality, and saw things many may never witness in a life time.
The basics haven\’t changed all to much. I am still that same fun loving gal who kicks it up in a kitchen dancing marathon with her best friend, loves shoes a little too much for her own good, can\’t get enough of chocolate and has been praying God can miraculously make it fat free, and sings in the shower. My inner nerd is still very much in tact, and you can be sure that if Star Wars, LOTR, or good old Indiana is on I won\’t budge even if there is a fire in the house. I\’m still madly in love with my Canadian Rockies, and the little things bring me the most joy. I will cry during an AT&T phone commerical, and rave passionately about the things that break my heart.
I have Kingdom dreams that can\’t be quenched and a deep desire to see people come into their identity and purpose. I am who I am because of a God that loves me.
