As I pursue my next step of my life journey, I plan to balance my spiritual walk with my new responsibilities by doing all of the stuff I have learned while at college. I have a very busy life right now already and my relationship with the Lord is the best it has ever been. I am much more spiritually aware of my surroundings and I plan of being even more sensitive to the Lords voice. College is teaching me things that are very beneficial for life and my relationship with the Lord. I have gotten much better at things like time management, how to work through stress, communication, and so many other things. I have grown in my wisdom and knowledge of the Lord all while juggling classes and sports. I have a very busy schedule but it’s only preparing me for what’s to come after college. When it comes to my past experiences, they definitely have shaped my decision to pursue my current goal. I went to Paradise Valley Community College after taking a gap year after high school and it built my foundation for me eventually having a relationship with the Lord. I went through a couple years of isolation where I learned a lot about myself. I learned that I wasn’t as strong as I thought I was and that I was tired of doing things my own way. I have my life to the Lord and have been in the process of sanctification since then. The only reason I am at Arizona Christian now is because of a prayer that the Lord answered. Where I am right now in life is a place that I never thought I could be in. I grew up in a rough household where my parents were drug addicts and alcoholics which eventually led up to my siblings and I being put into foster care. I never even heard about college until I was in the foster care system. The Lord looked out for me while I went through what I went through and He is the reason I am in college. Through my education I plan on going into some type of ministry. I have already been using my schooling to go out and evangelize to people and share the Good News of Jesus. I have gotten much more confident in sharing my faith because of the groups I’ve been in at my school. One thing I am hoping for as I pursue my career is to be using my gifts to the best of my ability. I heard a saying that goes like “a person doesn’t glorify the Lord by making a popular shoe brand, he glorifies the Lord by making really good shoes”. I just want my work to be the best that I can do and if the Lord isn’t in it then I don’t want it. That’s why this scholarship would help so much because I want to stay at the school I’m at. I have seen so much growth in myself while being at Arizona Christian University and I know that it is equipping me very well to do the Lords work.