I was born and raised in Galax, VA and became a Christian when I was a junior in high school through a summer youth camp in the Pocono Mountains of PA. I was always active in music in high school, so when I graduated I decided to go to Concord University in Athens, WV to study Music Education. It was my goal in life to become a successful high school band director. While in college working with high school students, I saw a great need for good Christian role models in the lives of young students. I knew that the most important thing any good role model could do is share the life changing message of Jesus Christ. My question then was, how can a teacher share Christ with a student?
As a college student, I got involved with Campus Crusade for Christ on our college campus. I was involved with the music ministry, leadership, conferences, and Bible studies. The semester before I graduated, while I was contemplating my future after graduation, we went to a Cru conference in Baltimore, MD called Radiate. At that conference I found out about an opportunity to do campus based high school ministry on high school campuses with Campus Crusade's high school ministry called Student Venture. I knew this was the answer to what I was looking for. Whether God called me into long term ministry or I ended up back in schools teaching, I knew this would be an awesome opportunity to learn how to reach students with the Gospel in public high schools.
The past two years, I worked in Philadelphia, PA with Cru in high schools. It was an amazing experience, and I have been so blessed to be part of what God is doing there. I have now moved on from there and am pursuing a seminary education at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC but my work with Cru is continuing part-time with the Raleigh-Durham Cru High School team as I pursue my education. This blog is just a way for me to tell others about the awesome things God has been doing in my life and ministry. Hope you enjoy!
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