3 years ago my life was completely different than it is today. I have to thank one of my closest friends for forever impacting my life. It was my junior year of high school. I had always had a relationship with Christ but never began to take it seriously until I had some very difficult trials brought my way my sophomore year. My fully committed relationship with Christ was fairly new coming in around the year mark when my friend began to talk to me about Africa.
My friend Meredith had talked to me about Zambia, Africa a place she called her second home for almost 5 years. She talked of a place filled with poverty and despair but she also talked of the happiness and joy that filled the country. My friend asked me if I would be interested in spending 10 days in Zambia mentoring and teaching the word of God to 10 vulnerable orphans. I felt as though this was something God wanted me to do, that this my calling. So I talked to my parents, with a hefty price tag to this trip I was not sure what they would say or think. My parents accepted it with open arms as long as I had someone from our family come with me. To my surprise my Dad was the one who decided to come with me. The prep for the trip started right after I signed up in January. My 2 friends Meredith and Jamie and their fathers were also coming. I felt this sense of excitement in the air but their was that voice in the back of my head saying you can't do this who do you think are. I continuously prayed and tried to push back the fears that the devil was putting in my brain. Everything started to come together,I was still scared and unsure of what to expect but I decided I would jump in full force and see what would happen. Deciding to go to Zambia was the best decision I could have ever made. That place and the people who live there will forever be with me and in my heart. Zambia has become my favorite place in the entire world and something I cannot let go of. Since I went to Zambia I have continued to stay close with nonprofit Family Legacy that I went over with. A place not many people know about is my life now and always will be. I believe God wanted me to go there and change lives and from it He knew I would be changed too. My perspective on life changed and the person I came back as was not who I had been before. familylegacy.com/
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Amanda HuseI am a recent graduate from the University of Oklahoma. I majored in Public Relations with a minor in Nonprofit. I am an authentic, philanthropic and proficient person who has technological and communications skills that will help me efficiently communicate with different publics. Archives
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