What brought you to Christ in the City?
I have always loved the poor and dreamed of being a missionary. I have memories of looking out of the car window as a kid and feeling an intense, empathetic desire to love and help the homeless people I would see at intersections. During my sophomore year at Wyoming Catholic College (spring of 2023), I went with a group of fellow students on a mission trip with Christ in the City in Denver. I felt a great sense of fulfillment and peace as I joined the missionaries in conversation with their friends on the street. I was so moved by the tangible joy and charity present within the community of Christ in the City. During that mission trip, God placed a seed of a desire in my heart to be a CIC missionary.
What are you looking forward to?
As it is in all people, my deepest desire is to love and be loved. I long to fully immerse myself only in that simple vocation of love. As I discerned the many possibilities for my life after I graduate college, I came to believe that Christ in the City would be a community in which I could truly love and be loved without the distraction of typical worldly life. Fully living out this reciprocal love is what I am most looking forward to. I can’t wait to give myself to Jesus in my fellow missionaries and in the poor. I eagerly anticipate the experience of Jesus loving me through the smiles of the lonely on the streets and through the selflessness of CIC missionaries.
A little bit about me…
I grew up in rural Nebraska, where I was nurtured in a loving, devout Catholic family. I loved being homeschooled through high school with my three younger siblings. I have always relished the outdoors, playing the piano, and partaking in deep intellectual discussions. I am currently a senior at Wyoming Catholic College (WCC) and will graduate in May of 2025. My time at WCC has been incredibly formative in all areas of my life. WCC is a truly Catholic liberal arts college that has an intensive outdoor leadership program. I have been steeped in the works of great authors of antiquity and in the wonders of the Wyoming wilderness. Most importantly, by participating in a rich community life that strives for excellence, my relationship with God and His creation has deepened.
Where is your hometown?
Peru, Nebraska
