I’m a 2nd year missionary from Loyal, WI.
What brought you to Christ in the City?
In college, my faith life grew significantly after the Holy Spirit led me to the Newman Center, where I got involved with FOCUS and the young adult community there. By senior year, I desired to live a schedule that would allow me and others to draw even closer to the Lord, and so I applied for FOCUS in hopes of becoming a missionary. At the same time, through my major of Human Services Leadership, I took on a couple internships involving the homeless population. Through these internships, my heart for the poor grew and I desired to continue serving them even after college. I shared my contrasting desires with a priest during my interview weekend with FOCUS, and he told me about Christ in the City. I realized that it was through CITC that both desires could be met and that the Lord had set me up for this mission and was calling me to it.
How has Christ in the City helped you grow?
CITC has helped me grow in so many things, like learning how to receive the Lord’s mercy, how to trust in the Lord’s plans and His goodness more, and how to accept and love the flocks He places before me. God has shown me how every encounter that others and I have is specifically designed and coordinated according to His plan of love and grace. Learning this, as well as how to live our schedule well, has helped me grow in acceptance with reality and see more clearly how the Lord is calling me out of my stubbornness and pride. I have so much more to learn and grow in though, hence a second year!
A little about me…
I love dogs, adventures, airplane travel, hanging out with people, playing games, the northern lights, music, fantasy stories, watching The Chosen, cheese, and I have a dream to go horseback riding someday.
