There’s a lot of things I could talk about here.

The basics:
My name is Jasmin. At the time of the last update to this page, I am 29 years old, and I work as a medical laboratory scientist. I like art, video games, and the Internet. I eat my cereal and milk separate. I have a ginger cat named Tobi and he is the sweetest thing.

I’m finally doing the thing and making a website. It is in preparation for my time aboard serving with Mercy Ships, but maybe it will turn into something else. Now, I use it to write updates to friends and keep a journal of sorts. When I started doing travel work, I used it in a similar capacity to when I was in Guinea to update friends and family.

The story:

I grew up attending church, but it was just something I did on Sunday mornings (when I woke up) and Friday nights (when I didn’t have a lot of homework left). My focus in life for the most part landed on my grades and my academic performance; it seemed like as long as I was better than most everyone else, I was worth something. For the longest time, I wanted to attend medical school and become a physician. I convinced myself that only someone as great as me would be able to make a real impact of those who were below me. But it was nothing but a self-bloating goal.

When I attended university, the struggle deepened. I failed to make the grades expected of a typical medical school matriculant, and during my second year, I failed my second semester of organic chemistry. The dream shattered, and I spiraled into a deep battle of purpose. It was around this time I was called back to church. By then, it had been four years since I last attended any church service.

God has really changed my life in the last five years since I really got to know Him and build a relationship with Him. It’s a happy journey at times, a tearful journey at other times, but joyful always. He has blessed me with things both tangible and intangible, and the hope of His promise is what keeps me going always. It always comes down to that.

Over the last two years, God has called me to an echo of my previous goal to help others. Not because I’m great, not because anyone is below me, but because God is great, and because I want everyone to know how great He is. Looking back, He has prepared me to do the thing. Now is the time, ready or not, that I will just jump and say, “God, send me.”