CHELSEA

 

I am incredibly excited to go on this trip! I have been wanting to go to Africa since at least first grade. I have a passion for experiencing other cultures as well as blessing them in any way that I can. I have been to El Salvador and Jamaica for mission trips, and had amazing experiences interacting with the people. There are so many things that one could hope to get out of a trip like this, but I am determined to keep my mindset like that of Jesus Christ, "not my will, but Yours be done." I know that we are doing as much planning as possible for this trip, but my desire is that once we are set and ready to go, that we would follow wherever the wind of the Holy Spirit wants to take us, because as much as we plan and prepare, there's no telling exactly what is going to happen and what God will accomplish. Our job as God's followers is to surrender ourselves to His will with wild abandon, and that is exactly what I plan on doing, not just with this trip, but my whole life!