My Story

Oh I love stories, that is why I am so excited to tell y’all a little bit about mine. My life made a drastic change for the better as I entered into my junior year of college. I had a boyfriend at the time, who was convinced that we needed to start centering our relationship around Jesus, without that he believed we had no hope. I  came from a church background and had a dad who encouraged me to find a man who would lead me to Jesus. So I thought, what do I have to lose? A reputation? Support of certain relationships? Little did I know, I lost my life.

I opened myself up to following Jesus und growing deeper in understanding of what it means to follow Him. The more I searched, the more I experienced truth of the gospel. What it means to believe, the importance of evangelizing, and that we are not called to be ashamed of the Gospel. There is no explanation for this rather than grace. Since this moment when Christ stole my heart, my whole life changed. I went from going out and being a socialite to discipling the girls around me, starting up bible studies, and attempting to explain the gospel to any/everyone.

About a year later, after this change I found myself in the beautiful land of Switzerland visiting my fiancés (at the time) family. I was reading a book in my room called, “Building a Discipleship Culture” by Mike Breen. I was alone and once again the Spirit gave me clarity.  I was planning on staying in the States after our wedding, but after the Spirit got a hold of my heart all I wanted to do was follow the will of God. In this moment, I felt as if I was being called to leave America, my family,  my friends, and my career to follow His will. I stopped reading when I felt this and prayed to God, “Lord, if this is your will for my life, please bring Abraham to my room at once.” Less than 5 seconds later, Abraham walked through the door. I explained to him what had happened and shortly after, he had decided to stop chasing his dreams of being a professional soccer player and we started process of preparing for our move out to Switzerland.

Now, here we are, living in the land of milk and money. It’s been unbelievably challenging for me and we totally underestimated the language, cultural, and relational differences, but that is a blessing in and of itself. God gives us enough grace for the day ahead of us and He blessed me with an abundant amount of grace during the time of transition from life in America to life in Europe.

I fail, mess up, make mistakes, and laugh at myself nearly every day trying to get by in this crazy country. But I’ve learning not to take myself so seriously. Life is about perspective, living with a thankful heart, and understanding those around you. Life is beautiful.