Hi! My name is Miranda and I am twenty-four years old living on the coast of Northern California. Currently, I am in full time ministry, working as the Secretary of a church and serving in my home church. After completing a 3-year program of Discipleship school, I became a Resident Adviser to 10 first year students. The Lord has been showing me through this type of community living to lean more on Him and He has been preparing me for my next season on the World Race.
I grew up an only child in a small town in Idaho (when I say small I mean small – a little town on the mountain of 500 people). My graduating high school class was of just under twenty students. I grew up in an environment where there was drugs and alcohol involved – while I have walked through a lot of forgiveness with the people involved – I grew up feeling alone, and struggled with anxiety, fear, depression, and I began to believe a lot of lies about myself and about who God was at a young age. I did not grow up knowing Jesus and yet I believed that there could be a God during moments in my life, I did not truly feel like He was real.
During my high school years, I labeled myself an agnostic, and a Christian hater. I was in the most pain of my life and during that season God met me where I was at. He pursued me through several life-changing moments. I ended up giving my life to the Lord in the first semester of college, and that winter, I encountered a woman who prayed for me for hours, and the weight of depression fell off of me. Jesus became real to me that day. I felt His love overwhelm me from the inside out and I knew that there something more. As I continued on my journey in college, He encountered me in some of my most desperate moments. I began living the college life-style partying and making choices that I thought would fill the pain that I still had inside. Eventually the Lord gave me a choice to fully walk out my healing with Him instead of running from it. I began an adventure with Him by moving to California for Discipleship school that has healed my heart from the pain, trauma’s and lies I believed about myself. Where I felt unworthy, and unlovable – the Lord has showed me that I am worthy and loved. Where I felt empty and orphaned, Father God began to teach me how to be a daughter. Though I am still walking this daughter-ship out, I am the most whole I have ever been in my life. It’s by His grace and deep, deep love that I am where I am today.
In this season, one thing I am currently learning about is trusting the Lord and becoming completely dependent upon Him. The Lord has been inviting me to grow in confidence in Him and say “Yes,” no matter the cost. He has been asking me to even say yes to things that are not so comfortable or easy. The World Race is not a convenient or easy thing to say yes to. While it is an exciting thought, it is a big commitment. I feel strongly that God is going to be asking me to step out in uncomfortable things even while on the World Race. I want to grow in becoming confident in my yes, and lay every doubt at His feet.
Why the World Race? Well, a friend of mine had a dream where I was on the World Race. I didn’t think much of it when she told me, but a few months later I could not get it off of my mind. Then, I had a dream where God spoke to me, and He showed me that He was inviting me into something where I had to let go of the “comfortable” and just say yes. As I began praying more and more about it and received some confirmation – I felt a deep peace to go on the World Race, and I felt the Lord say yes. I am tired of living and feeling held back – so I am stepping out and saying yes, and the rest is up to God! 🙂
Some fun facts:
The Lord has given me a love for the Nations since even before I knew Him as a little girl. While I feel called to many places, He has planted a special seed in my heart for Africa.
I LOVE nature, adventure, going on walks, capturing the beauty of God’s art through photography, and spending quality time with people.
I took the Meyers Briggs personality test more times than I can count – and I always land on being an INFJ (which is the Advocate).
I LOVE people. My love language is quality time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, your prayers mean so much! And, if you feel lead to support me financially in what the Lord is doing and sow into this mission, you may click the “donate” button at the top of the page to give.
with Love,
Miranda
