When did you first attend Amazing Grace?-
The summer of 1996 when I was in 4th grade.
How many summers have you worked here?-
If I remember correctly, the answer is five. Three summers during high school I worked several weeks and then I worked two full summers during college.
What memory from Amazing Grace stands out most in your mind, whether it be sweet, embarrassing, funny, scary, etc? :)-
This is by far the most difficult question! What one memory? Maybe it would be the summer that the camp had a goat. Who knows what campers fed that poor thing during the summer because it passed away shortly after. Anyway, there was one night when we got out of chapel and the rope that was used to tie the goat up was hanging from the Daisy Building porch. One of the counselors (who will remain nameless) claimed that he had hung the goat. One of my fellow op-staff girls believed him and started chasing him down in order to avenge the goat. Of course the goat was really alive and well. As gruesome as a counselor hanging a goat would have been, we laughed about it the rest of the summer, and I guess I'm still laughing now!
Where did you go to college, what did you study there, and if you had one piece of advice for someone in college right now, what would it be?-
I graduated from Northland Baptist Bible College, where I studied Biblical Counseling. The advice I would give to someone in college now is to seize as many opportunities as possible during their college years- both curricular and extra curricular- because the years go by quickly, BUT to do so discerningly. Know your limits and do not over-commit yourself, or you will run the danger of spreading yourself thin so that you cannot give your best in any area. You also may struggle to commit time to the thing of greatest importance- your personal relationship with God. (And you'll probably get no sleep.)
Besides Amazing Grace, what are some other ministries of which you have been a part?-
I'm thankful that from a young age, I've been able to be involved in local church ministry, be it working in the nursery or toddler class, teaching Sunday School, VBS, and AWANA, or helping with music. While at Northland, I was part of two extension teams, enabling me to serve in the areas of music, Sunday School, youth group, and a nursing home. And this past summer I was part of New York Summer Evangelism Team. We were in NY City for eight weeks, working with a different church each week in the areas of evangelism, work projects, and VBS. The trip was definitely life-changing for me.
What has been your favorite part of traveling with the team so far?-
Without a doubt, my favorite part of traveling with the team has been to be able to see different local churches. Some of the churches we've been to, I've heard about for years, but just now am able to connect a name with a place and the people there.
What has the Lord been teaching you recently?-
The Lord has been teaching me to not worry about next week or next year, or even tomorrow, but to be content in Him today. Each day He gives me what is best, most of all the opportunity to know and serve Him better. Even today as I was doing some cleaning, I realized that as I've committed my worries to Him in prayer, He really has given me a peace that passes all understanding.
Which attribute of God has become especially real to you recently?-
God has really been showing me lately that He is good. I think His goodness encompasses His mercy, grace, sovereignty, and other attributes. When the days come in which I doubt His goodness, I have but to look back on my life and see that He has worked all things for my good and His glory.
"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."Psalm 34:8
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