My name is Woody… my friends call me this because it is my last name (you’d be surprised how many times I get asked why I go by woody). I grew up in Plano, TX, but I was living in Dallas right before I came on the race. I am 24 years old and a proud big sister to my brother Nick, who just started his first year of college last month. I love my family so much! I have a wonderful loving mom and grandparents. My mom has been a kindergarten teacher for over 25 years and she rocks at it. Before coming on the race I had a fun job as a graphic designer for the American Airlines inflight magazine American Way. 
I miss my coworkers there. I also miss my cats: abbey and izzie terribly :[
video coming out soon and I can’t wait to see all the lives he touches
with his amaaazing story of how he came to Christ!! I’m so proud of him. He is truly an amazing man of God who never goes a day without
advancing The Kingdom. His source of life IS Christ.
**annnnd check out my other good good friend’s on the race as well: Auston Copeland (January 2010 “N” squad) and Katy Gurley (leaving January 2011) This girl is such an inspiration to me! I love my community group!! I’m super excited for her 😀
If you had asked me 5 years ago if I would be where I am today and who I am today, there is no way preaching the Gospel around the world would be the answer. My old life was full of loneliness and emptiness. I was codependent and searched for my identity in other things and relationships, but yet was never fulfilled. I was looking for happiness in all the wrong places, I wanted to feel belonged and needed by someone other than God.
I was tired of trying to control my life and one day in January of 2009 ran into God again. Even though I grew up in church, for the first time in my life I was asked “On a scale on 1 to 10 how sure are you that you will be going to heaven?” I said a 5. My thinking was I was a good person, but could do better. For that moment on I realized I could not earn God’s love. It is FREE. Since the day I decided to follow Jesus, pursuing a true, genuine and intimate relationship with Him, I have never looked back. He has expanded my dreams beyond reality and continues to challenge me daily. The peace that fills me is unexplainable. I want to give to others what He has given me… another chance, a chance to love. a chance to honor and a chance to live life!
Most importantly, I’m God’s child ready to be His hands and feet. I have a
passion for humanity. I am a sinner with constant daily struggles. I’m traveling the the world to make a difference to those less fortunate and to spend my life with Christ.
Jesus is enough. He is all we need. Like my bestie says: “it’s not about youuuu, it’s about Jesus.”
