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Sophia - Albania Updates

Class of 2025
Disability Ministries Program Coordinator in Albania
Track: Compassion - Justice track
Region: Europe

Seen & Known

Featured story By on Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Europe

On the side of the highway in Somewhere, Tennessee, next to my dented car and still a little bit shaken, I felt a still small nudge in my heart to look up.  Psalm 147: 4 - He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.  It had been a while since I had been in a spot where other light sources were insignificant enough to allow me to see so many stars in the sky. But at this moment, I saw them in abundance. I saw so many so clearly. And God knows exactly how many there are and knows them all by name. Incredible. For the hours I was driving before this semi… Read more >>

My First Ask: Cheerful Givers

By on Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Europe

I LOVE giving people baby gifts after they share the news that they are expecting a new member of the family. It is so exciting and fun to show them love in this way and to talk about what life will look like in the next few months.  I share that because my first support meeting was with Sawyer and Liv, on their 1st year wedding anniversary, a couple months after Sawyer had told me that Liv was pregnant.  I met Sawyer in 2021 when we were both working with campus housing at The University of Alabama, we became friends, and I happily agreed to watch his dog, Fen (he is the best) when… Read more >>

How Did I Get Here and Why Am I Going?

By on Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Europe

Hi! Hello! My name is Sophia and I am so excited to be heading to Albania this fall with the role of Disability Ministries Program Coordinator. Throughout my whole life, I have loved serving people and being involved in ministry in the church and community. During college, I had opportunities to serve many different individuals and groups of people through unique experiences - helping mothers and babies at pregnancy resource centers, coordinating care for spinal cord injury patients, planning and implementing activities for assisted living and memory care residents, working in mental health… Read more >>

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