My earliest memories have been from the mission field and I hope to continue making memories on the mission field. I was born into a missionary family which exposed me to missions as a child. My family traveled and lived in South and Central America during my early childhood. As a young teen living in the States, I developed a desire to grow in service. During high school, when I was pondering over majors and careers, God gave me a call to the medical field. The doors to medicine began to open. A few years later, at LeTourneau University studying Biomedical Sciences, nearly the same thing happened with missions. Through a call to study Theology, short mission trips to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and being in a mission-minded community, God is leading me to a greater call in medicine than I had initially thought.

I am pursuing medicine in the hope of doing medical missions in the future. Through Reach Beyond I plan to serve with Voz y Manos to learn more about medical missions in hopes of pursuing it in the future. I intend to be in Shell, Ecuador for four weeks between July and August learning, growing, and “bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:10, ESV).