As mentioned above, I serve at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. As a Team Director, it is my responsibility is to cultivate an environment for the other missionaries to thrive and strive for holiness. From the roots of our own relationship with Christ, we get to pour out the love and joy of Christ to others. Through Bible studies, events, accompaniment in discipleship, and the life of the church, we hope to be a vessel to which students can encounter Jesus Christ. What a blessing it is to call Pocatello my new home, and I can’t wait to see the ways the Lord will work in the souls of the 13,000 students this year!

Stop by St. John’s Catholic Student Center to say hello!

Graduating from Montana State University with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering, which did not have FOCUS, I never would have expected to become a missionary. God had other plans. He called me on the Feast Day of the Conversion of St. Paul, my confirmation saint, and completely flipped my life around. After experiencing a lot of hardships in college, I am so blessed to give back and lead young adults to, or back to Christ. I have so much confidence that this is where God desires me to be and my life has been more joyful than I could have imagined. All it took was a small “yes”. All glory to God.

The college campus is a new and exciting environment, but is also an environment filled with a lot of darkness. From increasing depression and anxiety rates as well as a lack of good community, my goal as a missionary is to give students hope and relationship. With the light of Christ and good friendships to pursue a life of virtue and joy, these young adults can become the next great saints who will surely help our society and our future for the better.