My Letter to Future Goers
Whether you are a freshman in college dreaming of the day you can hop on a plane and start your journey overseas, or a senior terrified of the unknown, you cannot go wrong considering a position working overseas. It starts as an exhilarating thought that maybe God could use you in exciting ways and turns into a sense of doubt as you count the cost of leaving everything you know behind. But, after returning from my two-year commitment with GoCorps, I can say with confidence that every terrifying support meeting, heart breaking goodbye, and exhausting cultural dilemma was more worth it than I… Read more >>
No Room in the Inn...
As the Christmas season comes to a close, I find myself really missing home and all the traditions that come along with it. The first Christmas away was spent wandering through the streets of London in complete awe that I was living in Europe! But this Christmas, there was nothing new or exciting about it. It is normal life now. This year for Christmas I spent time with different friends and teammates through the day, but I also had a few hours to myself, and was able to spend some time reading and reflecting on the story to the birth of Jesus. I realized that, to be honest, I have never… Read more >>Nostalgia Man...
I am sitting in complete awe that over a year has passed since I began my journey with GoCorps. I remember around this time two years ago praying if this was the right thing to do. I remember telling everyone I knew that I was going to join, and secretly being terrified that it would never actually happen. I remember the day I got accepted and me and my mom cried because the reality of me leaving for two years was becoming real. I remember the suffocating fear I had leaving training, realizing I had to raise all my support to come. I remember all the sleepless nights and tear filled… Read more >>The Aftermath of Terror
Our hearts are all breaking after the tragic events that took place in London on Thursday. Where I live I can feel the tension... the hurt... the fear that has captured so many. It has caused us to question our neighbors, to fear passersby who wear scarves, and to isolate our friends. New York. Paris. Belgium. Germany. London. The whole world is briefly silenced each time an attack happens. We unite, we cry, and we vow to never let another atrocity like this happen in our backyard. But the aftermath looks much different than we think. Instead of uniting together and pointing the finger at… Read more >>