Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 8 years young. I have an amazing family – Mom, Dad (who’s been living in NY because he can better provide for us from there), my brother Karl and my sissy Sarah. I was born in Queens, NY, but I currently live in Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I have the most amazing best friend whom I love and trust. Life. Is. Great.
Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 16 years young. I have an amazing family – Mom, Dad (who’s still lives in NY), my brother Karl and my sissy Sarah. I moved to the US this year to finish my senior year high school. I now live in MD with my cousin and her family (love them to death for taking me in). I attend this small Christian private school. I got my first job as a teacher’s assistant. I joined the school gospel choir. Although at the beginning, going to school every day was my worst nightmare because of the language barrier and a bit of culture shock and the fact that all my friends I’ve know my whole life stayed back in Haiti; I ended up having a pretty decent senior year of high school. Oh! I also gained two additional best friends in my two cousins. Life.Is.Still.Great.
Where will I be 10 years from now? Well, I’m glad you ask! I will be graduating top of my high school and college class with a nursing degree. I will be working as a nurse in a hospital and will be saving money to go to medical school. My dream is to be become a pediatrician. Somewhere, while in medical school, I will meet the man of my dream, fall in love, get married and have all of his babies. Life. Will. Be. Good.
Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 20 years young. I have an amazing family and they all live in the US now. My mom, bro and sis joined my Dad in NY a year after I moved to the States. I still live in MD. I am now a junior at Washington Adventist University, double majoring in accounting and finance. So much for medicine right??? I want to become an auditor. I want to work for one of the top accounting firms; and then after a few years, I want to become a forensic accountant. I am single. My studies are the most important thing in my life right now to the point where I easily would skip church if I have a test/exam that I’m preparing for. I am starting to freak out because I am not sure if I will get a job in my field when I graduate. I just got denied an internship opportunity by my dream accounting firm. I only seek God when I need Him. No Bueno. But, life. Is. Still. Good. Because I strongly believe and know that God got me even though, I have not really surrendered my all to Him.
Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 22 years young. I am officially a college graduate with two degrees: Accounting and Finance. In three months, I will be starting my dream career at one of the top accounting firms in the world (See? Told y ’all God got me! Even though I still don’t “got” Him 100%). I will be moving back to NY to live with my immediate family in Long Island. I am still single. I broke up with my first and only official boyfriend 2 years ago or so. I am getting ready to start studying for my accounting state license which I plan on passing before I work. God still takes a back seat in the car as I am driving on this road called “My Life.” I only invite Him in the front when things get rough or when I need Him. And even then, I barely let Him drive. Life. Is. “Great.”
Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 26 years young. It is now 10 years later. I live in NY with my amazing family. NY is finally growing on me a little bit with its smelly streets, subways and all. My amazing dream job keeps me very busy and I am still studying for my certificate (so much for passing it before I started my job 3 years ago.) I am still single. I receive calls or news of my friends getting engaged, married, being pregnant on a daily basis. As a matter of fact, this year alone, I have 4 weddings to attend. That’s not depressing or anything. A year ago on my 25th birthday, it suddenly dawned me: I’ve been living on this earth for a ¼ of a century. Although I’ve been a Christian all my life, I have nothing to show for it. If God came back tomorrow, would He know me? Would He let me into heaven? I need to make God, my God. Something needs to change. This life I have been living…Not. So. Good. Of. A. Life. After. All.
Hi. My name is Stephanie and I am 28 years young. I am still single. I still live in NY with my family who is growing. I’m getting a new sister: my brother got engaged to his sweet girlfriend Beth. God has taken away my job, but I landed a new one and has been loving it the past year or so. I have gone on 3 missions trips: Cambodia, Georgia (the State) and Haiti (motherland!). I am grateful for the wake-up call God gave me 3 years ago on my birthday. Ever since then, He’s asked me to seek Him, to run after Him, and to allow Him to show me new things. He’s been slowly but surely changing my mindset, my way of thinking: things I used to value, desire, cherish and hold dear to my heart, I don’t anymore. But I’m not going to lie: that walk, that journey has not been all peaches and cream…
Indeed, I’ve been broken. I’ve had dreams that didn’t come true. I’ve been discouraged. I’ve been disappointed. I’ve been empty. I’ve been lost. I’ve been in lust. I’ve known sadness. I’ve chosen to walk away from God countless of times. I’ve screamed out in anger (literally and through my actions) saying: “I don’t want You,” and in His grace and mercy, He’s replied over and over: “Well, I do want you, your mess and all.” He wants me to know His peace. He wants me to give me new dreams. He wants to encourage me. He wants to fill me up. He wants to use me. And for Him to do that and more, He wants me to keep seeking Him so that I can find Him. He wants me to experience love, everlasting love. He wants me to feel joy. He. Wants. Good. Things. For. Me.
Who am I? I am Christ Representer. And Christ has asked me to give up literally everything for 11 months to follow Him through 11 different countries to serve the “least of these.” He’s asked me to step out of my comfort zone into the unknown to share the Gospel, to serve His kingdom, to represent Him & shine His light real bright in every country I’ll be in and to love His people. God’s called me to be a… World Racer.
