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Who do You say I am?

Hey y’all! Wow it has been officially seven months, two weeks, and two dayssince I stepped onto Portuguese soil to permanently live here. Let me tell you, it has been a roller coaster mentally and emotionally. As a teenage girl living in another country on the mission field, it has some effects on how youContinue reading “Who do You say I am?”

All to Jesus I Surrender

What is important? What is most valuable? What is worth sacrificing my life for? What is the purpose of life? Well I don’t know about you, but I have been asking myself these questions a lot recently. Trying to determine what my life is worth living for, I found an internal battle between my fleshContinue reading “All to Jesus I Surrender”

Dear Rawlinson Road Youth Group

Dear Rawlinson Road Youth Group, As I draw near to my last few times attending youth group at Rawlinson Road this beautiful sense of grief overcomes me. It is a bitter-sweet, laugh and cry, horribly difficult goodbye. It is a goodbye to those I love, those I have built relationships with, and those I’ve createdContinue reading “Dear Rawlinson Road Youth Group”

I Asked to Grow…and Then it Rained

Here I am sitting on my bed listening to the rain and thunder. Revelation 4:11, “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they existed and were created.” As I sit here and listen to the peaceful rain as itContinue reading “I Asked to Grow…and Then it Rained”

Our Survey Trip

Hey everyone! So, the last time I was on here I shared about some of the difficulties I was going through. But I really wanted to update y’all on our survey trip we took back in early October of 2021. This survey trip was such an answer to prayer and helped bring me outContinue reading “Our Survey Trip”

“Because He Can”

Hey everyone! So, in my last blog post, I mostly talked about how excited I was to be a missionary kid. But let me tell you the truth, there is so much more that everyone doesn’t see. When most people ask how I feel about moving to another continent, I put on the church smileContinue reading ““Because He Can””

I Would Gladly Say No

Being a missionary kid is quite different than any other experience, and most people can not claim to be associated with this group of people. As a missionary kid, I had to move from the town I grew up in, to my grandparents’ lake house, which was a lot more painful than it seems. WhileContinue reading “I Would Gladly Say No”