So here we are. T-minus 14 hours until I show up to training camp, say goodbye to my parents, and put all the months and months (…and months!) of preparation to the test. Well. . . Sort of:     Being the type-A personality that I am, I love having things ready in advance. Last March I had everything figured out to go on my journey to Nepal. I even knew what the street names were and the best place to get Momos (The street vendor near Thamel is where I’m told)! But God had other plans. on my birthday, March 28, I was getting ready to go eat at my favorite...

I was sitting at The Well, a Christian ministry on campus. James, the speaker, said, “Some of you need to go on a mission trip, like next semester. It’s what God wants you to do.” I leaned over to my friend Sam and said, “Hey, that’s what I’m doing!” He replied, “Is this what God wants you to do or are you being Jonah?” What he was really telling me was, “Is this what God is calling you to do or are you running away from your problems like Jonah did in the Bible?” I was taken back by this question, but it was the hard truth that...

On Sunday, my team and I went to a small church here in Korat. When we got there, we were asked to sing a song, so we winged it and sang How Great is Our God (and may I say, we did pretty good for literally last minute preparation). Yoyo, our host, spoke on expecting the unexpected. When leaving for this trip, my team and I thought our ministry was going to be emphasized towards women being trafficked. Once we arrived, we were told we will be travelling to villages to work with kids on Tuesdays, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s we will be teaching English to kids at different schools for...

Hello all!! Welcome to my blog 🙂 Here you will find updates and stories about our mission trip to Thailand and Cambodia!    We just ended an amazing leader/participant training in Gainesville GA where we did everything from learning how to disciple/grow on the field to dance parties and blogging!   Let me tell ya, this amazing group of girls are ready to go! It’s amazing how God can bring strangers to love each other and become a team in just a few days!  After hours and hours of travel, we finally arrived to Bangkok early this morning around 1:30 am! We are slowly...