I Need Africa More Than Africa needs Me

I need Africa more than Africa needs me. I never thought it would happen that way. In fact, until recently, I hardly gave a second thought to the continent that was halfway around the world. But things began to change about two years ago ... and now Africa has become a passion and love.

When I was in my early teenage years, I had a dream of leading a choir of kids in another country, specifically Africa, imagining tons of African children jumping and singing for Jesus. Over time, life began to take over and high school became so busy hardly had time to think about my future.

It was just a few months before I came to college that I realized that dream again. I was taking a walk and thinking about what I wanted in my future and it hit me like a ton of bricks - Africa.

I have a dream to be a musical missionary to Africa, using music as a way to communicate the love of Jesus to a place that is hurting for eternal love. I also plan to use my talent as a photographer to create a photo journal of my time in Africa so that I can make the world aware of a continent that is so far away from us.

As time goes on, I realize more and more that I really do need Africa more than Africa needs me. I need the people. I need the opportunity. I need the challenge. I need Africa.