“What you do today determines your future, but your future also determines what you do today.”
-Anne Chilcutt (Sunday School Teacher)
The quote above has been a fire under my shoes during my senior year in high school. I turned 18 on this past December 23. I was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, which is a retirement town known for its antebellum homes and general relaxed atmosphere. My parents raised me as number four in a roost of six children. It gets interesting. In the eleventh grade I was accepted to the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, which is a boarding school in northern Mississippi for academically gifted students. The past two years have been a whirlwind of exploring new boundaries and definitions in my world. It is a very liberal school, but God was not about to abandon me. My junior year was a bit rough, spiritual-wise. I lived in the past state of my relationship with Jesus rather than the present disarray. I could write forever concerning that subject. The important thing is that God kept positive influences in my life. I am here, learning how to mold my life to God’s plan rather than molding God’s plan to my life. I have never traveled outside the country on a mission trip, though I have traveled a bit with my youth group. I cannot wait to travel. I have a hankering to experience other cultures; I am thrilled I have the opportunity to do this with fellow Christians.
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