From the earliest I can remember I have been involved in the church. I grew up on a Christian bible camp where many kids have come to faith over the years and where I got to see the Lord move in many different ways! but at a young age we had dealt with a traumatic incident within our family and from there it grew very hard to understand where The Lord was in my life and after the incident I had grown very sick and remained that way for many years. With everything going on my father was also in the midst of following the calling placed on his heart as a pastor and church planter and that came with its own forms of hard growth and pressure I had felt I had to live up to that was never really there. After years of this I had wanted to walk away from my faith and carve my own path, and this was where I believe The Lord started working on my heart. In my time of self searching I had served in my local fire department and had believed that was where I was called to be. After spending some time in service I had seen some very difficult situations that I couldn’t process and couldn’t bring myself to be in those situations anymore and had openly denounced my faith. But thankfully by the Grace of God I met someone who had had just come out of ministry in YWAM and had shared their testimony with me and it hit me in a way I didn’t expect it to. That night I went home feeling empty and like I was missing something in my life. I found my bible next to my nightstand and I opened it up to the first page and for the first time in many years I prayed that The Lord would speak to me, and He did through a note my parents had written on the first page of my bible saying that I was loved and held so closely and dearly by The Father and that He had a plan for me followed by Proverbs 3:5-7 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.” It was the story of both my life before Jesus and what He was going to teach me in the future. After that night I gave my life to the Lord whole heartedly and committed my life to the mission field! I have spent the last year with YWAM doing discipleship schools and going on mission to Ukraine. I have seen the grace that God has given to me and the hardship He has saved me from and taught me. I am still pursuing a career in the mission field involving discipling others and studying the Word Of The Lord to bring to every nation and expand the kingdom.