Back in 1993, it seemed like I was the least likely candidate to enter an internship. I came from a broken family & had no financial support whatsoever. Everyone around me said that I shouldn’t go as I didn’t have the funds…that I should go to college as there were music scholarships. That was the sensible decision. Thankfully though, God’s plans don’t have to make sense! My internship year was literally a year of transformation & change. I walked into it a timid girl who loved God, but wasn’t really sure where my life was headed. I left a young woman with a passion for God, knowing truly how to hear His voice & believing that He truly had an amazing call on my life. During this year, I grew in my faith; I learned how to really pray & worship; I understood what it meant to “really meet with the Lord”; my character was being developed. For the first time in my life, I experienced God literally taking my breath away like never before! Something that so vividly sticks out in my mind to me during this year is the staff that really truly believed in me. See, I was always that kid growing up that was judged based on my families actions. I didn’t know what it was to have somebody believe in me or take time to really speak into my life. And I began believing those lies that I wasn’t valuable. I am so glad that God doesn’t label! Women of God not only talked to me about how fearfully & wonderfully I was made, but spoke into my life about being a mother & wife. I saw Christians who really walked the walk! Now, being a wife & mother – I am daily using the tools that I gained from the internship in my work, in ministry, & even socially. But not only that, I am passing these tools down to my children – teaching them that even at their young age, they can hear the voice of God, that God can use them now – that His plans for their lives are GREAT! Don’t let man made reasons hold you back from having the most incredible year of your life. Allow God to preform a miracle in you as he did in my life! You won’t regret it & I can promise you, you will never be the same!!