The summer after my freshman year, after I got back my week in Juarez, Mexico, I participated in a youth ministry that was formed out of the Wesley Foundation called Youth Caravan. During the summer 4-5 college students spend the summer in the "Red Stripe Van" going around to different youth groups ...
Energy Balls | Recipe
Quick and easy is the way to be in terms of making any sort of snack item! Make it healthy, portable, and tasty too and you've got a total winner in my book. Today there is a recipe for these awesome little energy balls that I am so pumped to make the first chance I get. I'm excited to introduce you ...
Wrapped Up, Tied Up, Tangled Up, In Jesus | Jamaica
I went to Jamacia previously when I was a child, however returned twice while I was in undergrad on two separate one week mission trips over spring break with the Wesley Foundation. I decided to combine both trips into the same post as, though they were different, they were quite similar ...
The Honest Truth About Social Approval
It's time to get honest. There is so much going around about staying true to yourself, never changing who are you to make others happy, and never faltering because of what others say to you. Quoting Dr. Seuss saying "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." But ...
Walking Home For Christmas
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina rocked the south, and especially New Orleans, causing significant damage. At the time, I was at Auburn and the university closed for a few days due to the storm but we received no extensive damage. Heartbroken over the tremendous loss, people around the country found ways ...
A View of Cielo | Juarez, Mexico
When I was a freshman I had an opportunity to go on my very first mission trip. Until that point, my perception of mission trips were that they were only for "older" adults, and that really that just meant going to the Holy Land during the fall for a sightseeing tour of the faith or that the main ...