I am a small town girl who once had a dream of becoming a model.  I went to classes and prayed that I would get some opportunities to model.  I modeled for my graduation pictures and that was all that seemed to be progressing. I prayed and realized this wasn't the path God wanted me to be successful in.  I learned a lot from this dream, but I didn't realize that God had a much bigger plan for me to be a missionary.  If anyone were to ask me if I would ever go on another mission trip, I would say probably not.  But God had an idea for me to be a missionary.

One evening I was doing my homework and looking up information.  All of a sudden out of the blue I thought of my last mission trip and got the sudden curiosity to see if AIM had a website I could look at. I had gone on one mission trip many years ago to Mexico so I was familiar wtih AIM.  I found the website and began looking up information on mission trips.  God placed me right in this spot because he has a plan for me.  I looked at the different locations and Africa just called to me.  I looked at teh different locations and God called me to Jeffrey's Bay.  I found information about a nine month trip and I knew this is the one I wanted.  I began discussing this with my family and my mother thought it would be best to finish college first.  I was devastated but realized that was probably the best idea.