Hey y'all I'm Jordyn Pearson. I live in Buford Georgia and have been here all my life, Though ive moved 19 times. God has blessed me with such An enormous family that loves and supports me 100%. I have two step sisters,19 and 18, a Half-sister that's 12, a Half-brother that's 11, And last but most deffinately not least a half brother that will be seven in October.
I am 18 years old and freshly graduated from high school. I was in public schools all of my life up until 10th grade; drama just aint my thing And I wasn't going down such a godly path. When I was pulled out I moved to Mexico with my grandma to go to school in a co-op at her church. While I was in Mexico I grew very close to the pastors wife As she took me with her on numerous mission trips in Mexico. The one trip that really struck my heart was when we went to Niños con Niños, Babies with babies. I saw many girls that were younger than me with children, whether it was because of their choices or forced Upon them. When seeing these children and the life that they were born into it broke my heart.In the spring of 2010 the church I was attending took a teen mission trip toGuatemala City. I eagerly signed up and went. My best friends and our moms and I went together. This trip showed me my passion for children in forwign lands more clearly than ever!!
I've always known that God wanted me to do something with children, especialy in kenya, because I have such a passion for them but I never knew what or how he was going to use me. I never really prayed to him, I just tried to figure it out on my own. I came up with numerous little plans with school and what i could do so i could go to kenya that never would follow through.One day I saw the World Race and got extremely excited. I saw how I had to be 21 so I planned I would go to college with my friend, save up my money and go on the World race. A few weeks after I saw the world race I was applying to colleges and needed a brake so i started looking through AIM's website. I stumbled across the passport trips page and saw Kenya was there. Ever since the 5th grade I have known I needed to go to Kenya but Never knew when or how. When I saw the trip dates I realized I couldn't go if I was in school. I talked to my mom and best friend and finally realized why do i have to go to school before i go to kenya? My friend is a year behind me so taking this year off would have us starting school as freshmen together! Finally I realized this was what GOD wanted me to do! So This time i sat down with my mom and prayed about my plans! I signed up for the Kenya passport trip and started saving up my money!
Towards the end of July I got a call from Ms. Stacy that rocked my world. The Kenya trip was canceled due to the elections in February. I honestly don't remember the conversation because I couldn't think straight. I ended up telling her I would be okay with going to Uganda, And so she went and set me up on that trip.I started getting pretty upset and slightly mad at God for taking away my Kenya trip. But then I realized God was in control. I sent out a fleece to God that if he wanted me to go on this Uganda trip I needed him to give me a sign. Sometime in April my Best friend got me a necklace that had Africa on the end of it With a duck tape heart on it. I hung my necklace on my Rear view mirror of my car so I could see it every day. One day at a red light I broke down and started crying, Because earlier that day I was on the AIM website Thinking if I should go on the African expedition trip Instead. At this red light I was looking at my Africa necklace and notice the heart was placed exactly where Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique are located. God sure has a funny way of answering my prayers.
I called Ms. Stacy and told her the story and she said she would switch the trips immediately for me!!! Y'all I'm so excited and thrilled to be on able to go on this trip with you guys!!! I know that God is going to use us for something far more amazing than I can think of! I am so excited that this is finally becoming real! I can not wait to meet y'all and to share such an amazing experience! I am so glad to finally know what team and who to be praying for now 🙂 this trip is going to be epic!!!!
I've always known that God wanted me to do something with children, especialy in kenya, because I have such a passion for them but I never knew what or how he was going to use me. I never really prayed to him, I just tried to figure it out on my own. I came up with numerous little plans with school and what i could do so i could go to kenya that never would follow through.One day I saw the World Race and got extremely excited. I saw how I had to be 21 so I planned I would go to college with my friend, save up my money and go on the World race. A few weeks after I saw the world race I was applying to colleges and needed a brake so i started looking through AIM's website. I stumbled across the passport trips page and saw Kenya was there. Ever since the 5th grade I have known I needed to go to Kenya but Never knew when or how. When I saw the trip dates I realized I couldn't go if I was in school. I talked to my mom and best friend and finally realized why do i have to go to school before i go to kenya? My friend is a year behind me so taking this year off would have us starting school as freshmen together! Finally I realized this was what GOD wanted me to do! So This time i sat down with my mom and prayed about my plans! I signed up for the Kenya passport trip and started saving up my money!
Towards the end of July I got a call from Ms. Stacy that rocked my world. The Kenya trip was canceled due to the elections in February. I honestly don't remember the conversation because I couldn't think straight. I ended up telling her I would be okay with going to Uganda, And so she went and set me up on that trip.I started getting pretty upset and slightly mad at God for taking away my Kenya trip. But then I realized God was in control. I sent out a fleece to God that if he wanted me to go on this Uganda trip I needed him to give me a sign. Sometime in April my Best friend got me a necklace that had Africa on the end of it With a duck tape heart on it. I hung my necklace on my Rear view mirror of my car so I could see it every day. One day at a red light I broke down and started crying, Because earlier that day I was on the AIM website Thinking if I should go on the African expedition trip Instead. At this red light I was looking at my Africa necklace and notice the heart was placed exactly where Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique are located. God sure has a funny way of answering my prayers.
I called Ms. Stacy and told her the story and she said she would switch the trips immediately for me!!! Y'all I'm so excited and thrilled to be on able to go on this trip with you guys!!! I know that God is going to use us for something far more amazing than I can think of! I am so excited that this is finally becoming real! I can not wait to meet y'all and to share such an amazing experience! I am so glad to finally know what team and who to be praying for now 🙂 this trip is going to be epic!!!!
much love,
Jordyn
Philippians 4:13
