Hey y’all!
I’m Vicky Gancio! Im 19 and live in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it rocks! I have a love for sharing the Gospel and loving cute kids. I’m a freshman at Tidewater Community College. I’ve grown up in a household and family where I am the only Christian. My family has never had an interest in identifying their faith. Don’t get me wrong, My Mom and Dad are awesome! I love them to death. I also have an older brother, 23, who I love so dearly. He lives in the great Washington D.C.( woohoo go politics ). He’s doing big things with his life.
In high school I played lacrosse, which is an odd sport for VB, but I did it. It was rough and tough. I like being active but since lacrosse i haven’t really been too active ( uh oh ). My new years resolution was to be active, and that didn’t really work. I just really love food and binge-watching Netflix.
In 6th grade, I became involved in my church’s middle school youth group. I absolutely loved it, and it was such a great community. Through middle school I sort of came a few Wednesday nights, sort of skipped a few. I never really started coming each week, to small group, until the end of sophomore year. I decided to go on a mission trip to Nicaragua with my church. I ended up going two more times too. It grew to be the place where a part of my heart is and always will be. Its the place that opened my heart to love missions.
After Nicaragua, I became pretty involved in the popularity scene very quickly during my junior year. It took over my life. I was striving to be the image of a popular and rebellious teenager instead of an image of Christ. I grew into the mentality that this life was WAY more fun than being a Godly woman. It became especially hard due to my family not keeping me accountable with my faith. I was alone. I felt alone in life. Senior year came around. I quickly realized this was NOT the life I wanted to live and especially not the life I wanted to be remembered by. I reconnected with my small group and this time it was for good. I changed my life drastically. I grew into a community at my church that, to this day, are my best friends. They are my community and without them I wouldn’t be where I am today.
I started living my life more for the Lord and I started to see all the aspects of my life that God was and still is in. I discovered I was never alone. God was with me always. God IS with me always.
Mission work and spreading the Gospel are my passion. No matter how I am living or what I am eating, I will always be joyful to share the love that Christ has for each and every person. The smiles and hugs you receive are immeasurably more than the feeling of a hot shower or Chickfila. I’m letting God take my life into His hands! Here I come Thailand, South Africa, and Nicaragua!
