Personal Narrative: My Journey To Oklahoma Baptist University

When I first stepped foot on this campus, I thought I was going to be a youth minister. That all changed when I found out that I was not going to be able to return the second semester of my freshman year due to financial reasons. I had to constantly seek The Lord and see what He had in plan for me. By this time, J-Term has already started, and I was not able to return because, I needed to work in order to even attempt to come back to Oklahoma Baptist University. I went back to the high school I graduated from to talk to and help out some athletic trainers who I studied under in my high school years. I forgot how much I really enjoyed taking care of these athelets. The head trainer there asked me why I was not trying to become an athletic trainer because, I was pretty good at it and she saw that I really enjoyed it. I told her I do not know, and I have never even considered about it. Soon after this, my best friend from high school needed some help studying anatomy. Once I started studying I could not stop. I love studying for anatomy! It was then, that I began to ask God if this is what he really wanted me to pursue. With all of this going on I thought about how …show more content…
That I could get a PTA degree from OCCC, and work full time and go to school part time. I talked to not only the Physical Therapist that came in, but also the Athletic Trainer to see what they would both think about this idea. Katie Landes, who is a Physical Therapist and owner of Sports Action Therapy said, that it would be a great idea because, she is looking for someone to help out at the Shawnee football team, and she would hire me on the spot if I had both an ATC and a PTA license on my resume for that simple reason. Ben Cleveland, who is the head Athletic Trainer here at OBU said, that it would also be a great idea, because you would see what it is like from both sides and it is also some good