My Testimony.

I just realized I have not put my testimony on here and I am sure most people just know of me and don't really know me. So, here it goes...

I come from a single parent home. My mom pretty much raised me all by herself and never gave up. I never went to really went to church consistently nor did my parents ever care if I went to church. When I was twelve years old my grandmother started going to church and shortly after I started going to church with her. One day during Sunday School, my teacher asked if I was a Christian. I said no and he asked if I wanted to be a christian and I said yes. Later on after the a.m. service I talked to my youth pastor, at the time, and he sat down and lead me to Christ and through the sinners prayer. Before that I saw no purpose for living and was living how ever I wanted to. I decided to get serious with God and lay myself aside.

Little did I know that day would be the beginning of a wonderful, blessed, and life with Jesus Christ.

Me & my earthly dad talked 15 minutes within 5 years and, today we do not have the best relationship. Oh, but I have an amazing Heavenly Father who has never left or forsaken me. What more could I want?

My parents divorced when I was about 4 years old, but I have seen and know God used it for His glory.

Never have I had a boyfriend, kissed a boy, or held a boys hand, and I don't say that to be a goody two shoes. I want young girls to know, the only man that can give genuine and consistent fulfillment is Jesus Christ.

I have got to be a part time youth director for 7 months and a camp counselor for 2 summers, and I think God I got to do something I have always wanted to do.

I go to school at Wallace State and majoring in Elementary Education. Many people complain about it, but I know it's what God wants me to do.

I went to Honduras when I was 16, and never really thought I would ever be going to another country. This summer I am going to Peru for 10 weeks and can absolutely not wait. I know God is going to do some amazing things.

Today, my mom faithfully goes to church and my dad does not, nor does anyone else in my family, really. God has given me hope that one day they will. They don't quite understand why I would go to Peru, especially for 10 weeks. I remember the joy I had that one day 8 years ago, and I thank God I do , because that is the same joy that I long for this very day. I have to stop and realize just how am I living around my unsaved family and my unsaved classmates? I hope in a way that would represent Jesus and make them want to be saved and know Jesus. God has done some amazing things in my life and I know only he could do it. I thank God for the people who cared enough about me to make sure I know Jesus, because without them I have no idea where I would be.

OH, SO BLESSED AM I!

I have truly been blessed my entire life and it has been here recently that I have realized just how blessed I really am.

I have wanted to go to Peru for 5 years; God blessed me with the opportunity.

I have the opportunity to go to Peru, God opening the door to go to Peru was a real blessing.

God opened the door to Peru and I was blessed with a loving and so very supportive church family and never-ending support.

My church and family supported me having a yard sale to raise money, and what do you know, I was blessed with all the funding I have needed so far.

I know when we often think of blessings we think financially, but stop and think. The absolute GREATEST blessings of all are those that are not so money like. I mean we all are so very blessed to have the gift of life and not a one of us deserve it. And the love of God, our parents, or a spouse is a gift from God. It is a blessing to live in such a country to where we can carry a Bible and even own a Bible. I mean we can go to a local bookstore and buy a Bible and we have the availability to many resources. We can worship Jesus freely and in some countries it is illegal to use any Christian terminology.

I have also been so blessed recently by God providing the funding for this trip to Peru. Several people have given me some money, and I know they do not want any glory for it. With the economy like it is today, and people to just help me like they have, that goes to prove that this economy is so unstable but my God is always so stable. I have never really had to worry about how I was going to pay for this trip, because my God provided and that was a blessing to see God provide like He has. When you take a leap of faith onto the mission field, it literally changes your whole life. You see things with a new set of eyes. I wish you could see some things the way that I have.

I have been blessed way beyond measure and I am sure in more ways than I even begin to realize but God is not finished with me, yet.

He Called Me.

For a while now, I have felt God calling me into missions, with the opportunities through NAMB and IMB, I decide to go with that calling. Since day 1 I have said two things, (1) I thought I would be in a place I never thought I would be and (2) and if my parents would go for it, I would be going international. I had the opportunity to talk with several former summer missionaries and while talking to one of them I told her several times “if my parents would go for it I would be going international.” And she told me if God is calling me to do something I needed to it. Right then I felt God calling like never before. That night I prayed and woke up the next day and felt God calling even more. The first thing I done was called my mom and talked to her, and she was at peace and ok with me going on international missions for the summer. That day I received confirmation from God like I never had before.

Ever since I have felt God calling me into international missions, Peru is the only country God placed on my heart. And I found out March 10, 2009 that I am going to Peru. I leave May 25 and will be returning August 2. I am so excited. I have already seen God do some amazing things but the best is yet to come. I feel like I am going to learn to trust God in a new way this summer, but that’s ok. I am ready for it.