I’m Sammie… born and raised in Wichita, KS. I grew up in a loving Christian family. I have two loving and supportive parents, an older brother, a younger sister, and an “adopted” sister who is married with two adorable children. But really, there are many more people that we consider family as my parents have welcomed multiple young adults tocome live with us over the years.
Coming from a Christian family, I knew and learned about Christ when I was growing up, but made the personal choice of acceptance at a youth conference when I was 10. It was at that point that I became intentional about trying to learn more and grow in my walk with the Lord. Somewhere at the end of high school and begninng of college, there was a deviation from the Christ-centered path in my life as I put God on the backburner and decided to test the waters and see how things would go if I took my life into my hands rather than pursuing what He wanted for my life. It didn’t take long to realize that was not the road for me and I made the turn back to walking with the Lord. Making that choice has been a blessing as I continue to experience God working in and through my life.
For college, I attended Wichita State University. After three years, I earned a degree in French, a year later a degree in Business Management. Towards the end of college, I started working in Purchasing at Boeing in Wichita. After only one year, I transferred with the company to their Philadelphia site. While living in Philly, I earned my Masters in Quality Systems Management from the National Graduate School.
From growing up in Wichita, KS to studying abroad in France for a summer and semester, a semester in Providence, RI to my current home in the suburbs of Philly and all of the travels domestically and internationally in between, God has blown me away with how He has used those experiences to open my eyes to the world outside of my hometown, bring new perspective in my life, and truly mold who I am.
I joined the World Race because this is something God is calling me to do. I love people. I have real compassion for those who are less fortunate, particularly the disabled. More than anything my heart longs to see people come to Jesus. God is preparing my heart for ministry. He has been giving me compassion for people in a way I’ve never felt before. He has definitely been giving me opportunities to grow in my faith and ministry in ways I’ve never known before. And most of all, He has been giving me peace about leaving behind the life I know now and my comfort zone and stepping out into the missions field to really live my life completely for Him and experience the life He has for me. I can’t wait til January!! 🙂
