My two years at Teen Mania’s Honor Academy were two of the most crucial and beneficial years of my life. While there, I was able to earn practical training in leadership, discipline, and hard work that has helped me in the years since I’ve left. I am currently studying the Bible at Liberty University. I also currently work as a server and help out at my home church as much as I can. Being pushed at Teen Mania has helped me greatly to push myself to work hard in the things I am involved in.
More important than the practical lessons and experience I gained, the greatest thing I took away from Teen Mania was the teaching and training in what it was to have a relationship with God. Before my time there, I was very confused about and stagnant in my walk with the Lord. At the Honor Academy, I was able to learn more about the gospel and what it truly meant to be a follower of Jesus. I was also encouraged and challenged by those around me that my personal walk with God was much more important than just outward actions or knowledge. I can’t credit the growth I experienced there to the organization of Teen Mania alone. It was the grace of God that brought me from where I was. However, God used the organization of Teen Mania and the leaders there as a catalyst for that growth.
My desire is to one day end up in ministry. I believe that God began to grow that in me during my time at Teen Mania as well. For that, Teen Mania will always be an incredibly special place to me.