What compels a human being...what were we created to be compelled by? Love, loss, the future, our pasts, dreams, people around us, our hearts? I was asking myself this question exactly a year ago after intently examining my life, or the remnants of it... A girl, a college student, a waitress at the local Applebee’s drifting through life, merely existing nothing more. I wasn't satisfied, not by a long shot and that is when the life altering, terribly amazing words came to my mind. What if...what if this isn't the path I was supposed to choose...what if I'm not supposed just blindly accept the ordinary life, the "norm" for society today? What if there's more to life, what if there is something else out there...Sure there was nothing wrong the way I was living but I knew in my heart that there was and is so much more out there then the American way. Graduate from high school, college, marriage, and 2.5 kids…ect ect. Those are all incredible things don’t get me wrong, but who said that that is the way we HAVE to do life? Who determined the exact same path is the right direction for every person? The human race is so diverse and completely different from one another so why is our culture stripping away our uniqueness and merging us all into one big blob?
Anyways I could write about this all day but to make a very long story short I dropped out of college a week before classes started, sold everything I could, packed my bags and got on a plane to North Carolina to join a missions organization called YWAM, Youth With a Mission, with all the money I had, and a stomach full of butterflies. I had no idea what I had signed up for, and it was the best decision of my life! YWAM is a Christian organization that trains people and sends them out to make a difference in the world. They are the largest mission’s organization in the world with thousands of bases all over the place! Their focus is to know God and make him known, which is a never ending process. The entry level school is called a discipleship training school which basically teaches what being a true Christian looks like, a real life, living, thriving relationship with God! Living by grace, and walking in the power of the Holy Spirit! It is an incredible thing, and I have never felt such joy or fulfillment in my life! We went for India after three months of training, and the things I saw and experienced have ruined me for life. Now I am in Denver Colorado doing another YWAM school called School of Social Justice. No it is not socialism…it is a school focused on learning about injustice in the world and them putting action to our passion! We will be learning about many issues like human trafficking, gender based prejudice, children soldiers, poverty, and many more. Our school is going to Brazil in December for outreach where we will be working with an orphanage and possibly going up the Amazon river to do some tribal ministry! I am still unsure if I will be going as well, but hopefully I will know soon! So this is a shortened version of the last two years of my life, thank you so much for joining me in my adventures with Jesus!
Disclaimer!! I have terrible grammar and spelling, and am not much of a writer so please bear with me. :)
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