To Mongolia and Beyond

[Mongolia Support Letter: please feel free to help me spread the word! I need all the financial support I can get!] Dearest friends and family, I hope that this letter finds you well. That wherever in the world you are and whatever you are doing, you find yourselves doing something you are passionate about and [...]

Going to MONGOLIA!

Yup, it is true. I am going on my first short-term missions trip for seven weeks to Mongolia with an organization called OMF International! (OMF=Overseas Missions Fellowship, figuring that one out took me a long time searching online, haha) Do I know anything about Mongolia? Nope. Nothing except that the Mongolian child in the documentary [...]

Full Circle

Why is this happening again? I WON’T LET IT! I’ve been wanting to update ya’ll since my last update when I basically told you I was depressed. Well the day after that post (a Thursday), I went to mental health counseling. I got a good doctor who asked me about the role of my faith in [...]

The Evil of Slavery

Warning: this is longer than normal posts and intense, but the issue deserves it. Please read if you feel uninformed. Children are being repeatedly sexually exploited today…here in the US, everywhere. 27 million people are enslaved today. Slavery is not something of history, it is bigger than it has EVER been. African slaves were worth [...]

Do Something

Today marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Did you know 27 MILLION people are enslaved today? At Passion Conference where 45,000 18-25 year olds encountered Jesus, we became more aware of the injustice that is happening all over the world today. Right now, I don’t think this blank space below will suffice to convey the brokenness [...]

Above and Beyond

I am the sort of person who always wants to be there for others but is afraid/doesn’t want to impose this same need onto others. There have been some tough moments in the past 2 weeks that I don’t think I could have survived without my family. Not my genetic family that’s back home, but [...]

Why?

So I tend to hold off on telling people what God has been teaching me until I get the pretty, nicely wrapped up testimony that warms, encourages, and/or challenges people’s hearts. I think with my closest friends I tend to do this less. With my Best Friend I actively try NOT to do this…I ask [...]

Let the poor say I am rich

I was taking a walk around my neighborhood with my brother yesterday, and what stuck out to me most was the sprinklers. They were supposedly doing their job of watering the grass in this nice neighborhood I’m lucky to live in. However, it just really bothered me that there was an overabundance of sprinklers for some [...]

Contrasts

I’ve had so many thoughts lately, so I’ve been dying to blog but have had insufficient time to do so. Therefore, to top off my weekend of absolutely zero work, I shall blog away… 1) After being in a semi-new group of people over spring break, I’ve learned so much about myself. In middle school, [...]

Expectations

After more than a week without a phone or computer, it was slightly intimidating to return to an inbox of 91 emails. It was weird to type again and to look at a computer screen. It was refreshing to actually be with people all the time instead of interacting with them via a computer screen. [...]