Jubilee!

This was the view from the 24th story room that I shared with three other girls on Valentine's Day weekend while at the Jubilee Conference in Pittsburgh. This is the third consecutive year that I have taken a weekend to go to Jubilee, put on by the Coalition for Christian Outreach. Jubilee is always packed to the brim with college students who are yearning to learn about incorporating their faith into their learning as well as into their life as a whole.

The most influential part about Jubilee this year was seeing Teach for America there. If you haven't read my past blogs, I just interviewed with Teach for America, a secular organization committed to eliminating educational iniquity in America. Though it is a secular organization, the ability and openess for them to come to a christian conference blew me away. Not only were they there, holding breakout sessions, but they were also one of the largest sponsors this year!

There seemed to be an overlying theme of reducing the gap of iniquity between suburban upper-class America, and our lower-income areas. I was extremely encouraged in seeing this for the fact that the direction my life path seems to be taking at this point is continually reassured by events like this. Through my experience here at Waynesburg, I have been shown what it means to incorporate my faith in every aspect of my life. It seems as though the Lord is guiding me every step of the way, and I am seeing the ways that He want me to work, and where. I have watched my faith grow so much as a result of coming to Waynesburg, and I cannot imagine the path I would have taken had I gone elsewhere.

I seriously believe that God has a specific path for each and every one of us, though it may take us a while to figure out where He wants us. I think about how different my life could have been...I would never have met Ryan, my fiancee, I would have never formed the deep relationship with my aunt, uncle, and cousins who live in town, and I might not have come back to the Lord had I not come to Waynesburg. It is for all of these reasons and so many more that I am thankful to no end for.