For starters: I am a 23 year old student at the wonderful Auburn University. I am in my fifth year and I will graduate in December with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. I chose this major because it involved caring for other people and that is one thing I have a passion for. I believe that everyone deserves to feel and know that they are special and this industry does a great job of showing people that. I love Auburn and I am sad to leave because I have made some great memories here, but I am excited for what the future holds.
I have been blessed with a wonderful family. This is my biological family and the family that I have chosen in my friends. I have a very large family with a very different dynamic. I am one of three daughters to two of the most loving parents that a child could ever ask for. I also have eight cousins who are more like siblings than cousins, that is where the weird dynamic comes in. I feel like I am one of eleven instead of one of three and I wouldn’t change that for the world. My biggest struggle in going on World Race is the decision to leave them for 11 months. The Lord has blessed me with people that support the decisions that I make even if they don’t always understand them. I have also been blessed with friends that love the Lord and are not afraid to discuss our faith openly. This is hard to find in college and I treasure that quality in them above all else.
I was called to World Race in a time when I thought that my world was crumbling, but as always this was just simply a way for the Lord to put my life together in the way that he had always wanted it to be. It taught me the lesson that there is always a blessing in every struggle and if you will let it the blessing with take over the struggle, you just have to want it to.
