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Hannover Germany -
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1st grade- Became friends with Aideena who has a impact on my christian walk
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Invited by my friend Aideena, Met my future friend Bri
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I had gone to church before but this was a conscious decision.
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SUCH a good time for growing my faith
Significant people- Rachel, Jocelyn, Bri, Skye -
Looking back I have always had that heart in me, crying at commercials of hungry kids in Africa, demanding we do something. But When I can see I really grasped it was during a 30 hour famine event at youth. We raised money for red light districts and it was the first time I heard of sex trafficking. It became a part of me from then on.
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Such a good group of girls that I walked in faith with from 9th-12th grade led by Bri who became a good friend of mine, Her family is like a second family to me who have discipled me so much. -
Had no joy, didn't see any future for myself and had anxiety often. Learned to open up in this season and talk about how I feel, community was life giving but I felt super broken that I didn't just feel better automatically -
Ended in a pretty harsh way right at the end of high school. -
AMAZING time where I truly gave my life to God. Father heart and Gods love was a big topic -
A good and challenging time where I learned about stepping out in faith more not just being a to-my-self christian -
I was baptised in my outreach in South Africa! -
I prayed since the beginning of DTS that I would be able to fully forgive my old friend Kayley for how our friendship ended. During church tour I realised God set me free and I forgave her. Later in may she responded to a message I sent her in DTS and we both forgave each other leaving us in good standing.
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A bible study started right after I came home from DTS and it was so helpful in the progression after -
Was pretty crazy to move across the world so young, and I had no idea what I was doing for the first few months -
She passed August 3rd 2019 in a car accident
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I was so difficult at times, I had to overcome the fear that I don't connect well, being so young and not knowing what to do. I grew so much in this time -
Had a difficult one on one but we later became good friends because I pushed through. It was a good group, really good times together. All germans except me which was hard at times. Learned a lot of German this outreach! -
This was just one day during the outreach in Spain but it was so crazy impactful to me and my faith! I think a lot of little breakthroughs started that day. -
DTS ended 1 week early and I went to Canada. It was hard at first but I stayed strong with God and knew I would go back soon. I volunteered at a community help centre ran by my church during this time and that was really nice! -
This was obviously hard. It happened a few days before I was supposed to go back to Germany and we were all so exited by that point she was almost 12 weeks, I ended up having to deal with it later when I went back to Germany, cause I didn't realise how much it came between me and God. I was afraid she would lose her faith. -
After a frustrating time of getting flights I could finally go back and surprise everyone! Felt so good to be back where I knew God wanted me! But that summer wasn't always the easiest. I found that I really needed to talk to someone about how my past is affecting how I see myself and react to other people, So I reached out to a YWAM councillor and started sessions that following September. -
This was another time where a lot of insecurities came up, and during almost the whole lecture phase I was having counselling calls. But it was also a time of growth in leadership! I really stepped up and lived out what God put in me. -
This one hit me hard. We knew a week before that she could maybe lose the baby, I prayed and fasted and then we had to wait for her next doctors appointment. hardest week ever and so much stuff was happening with the outreach teams. When I got the news I was just really crushed, maybe I put too much faith in my own efforts, I didn't give up on God obviously but our relationship was strained, filled with so many unanswerable questions. Id never been tested so much in my faith. Community saved me. -
Planning this outreach was crazy because of Covid but we saw how God provided and protected us and we all could go and come back healthy. This was such a great outreach I loved my one on ones and watching the students grow was amazing. Having many introverts was difficult but we made it work. This team was a blessing from God, they stood behind me and supported me during my spiritually low point. -
Due to my visa renewal being denied during lecture phase I couldn't go back to Germany because of changing corona laws in Germany. I tried applying for a British passport but that didn't help. I decided to stay in Costa Rica. I lived at the base in Liberia and helped there as a mission builder. It was a small base so there wasn't many people to talk with and again I was around people who didn't speak English as a first language. I actually loved my time there but it was hard sometimes. -
Hey that's where I am now! I never wanted to do the DBS I actually wanted to do an SBS after I finished staffing. I honestly applied not knowing if it was from God but looking back God said this year would bring new deep knowledge of his character and I am so grateful to be here.