1. What is motivating you to apply to be an RA?
My primary motivation has been a result of how much I have enjoyed interning in a youth group both back home and here. I have really enjoyed the process of working in a team to cultivate an atmosphere where people are comfortable, have fun, and spiritually grow. As I entered my first year of college this past semester, I not only found I like college but that I absolutely love being at Messiah. I want to help other incoming first-years to work through the worries of starting college in the same way that Amy and Megan (my RA’s) helped me. As people in my life have pointed my strengths out, I have realized that I love to be around people and building solid, deep relationships. People in my life encouraged me to walk down the hallway during welcome week, pop into people’s rooms and just say hi. This has led to some of …show more content…
However, the first few weeks are especially hard and I know if it wasn’t for the strength God had given me I wouldn’t have been able to randomly say hi to strangers. I also know that had it been a different week, it’s possible I would not have been as willing. I want to allow others to have that experience of getting to know others. As an RA, I would be able to facilitate events where the girls would get to know each other including those for whom welcome week is especially difficult or those who enter college on a particularly rough week.
2. Describe your spiritual journey.
When thinking about my spiritual journey I think of one word: Delight. God has brought me from a place of despair, anger, and insecurity into complete joy. The result is that I truly delight in the Lord. My spiritual journey with Christ has involved many moments of doubt and stubbornness as God tried to tell me different things and direct me in different ways than I originally planned. Thus, my delight in
My primary motivation has been a result of how much I have enjoyed interning in a youth group both back home and here. I have really enjoyed the process of working in a team to cultivate an atmosphere where people are comfortable, have fun, and spiritually grow. As I entered my first year of college this past semester, I not only found I like college but that I absolutely love being at Messiah. I want to help other incoming first-years to work through the worries of starting college in the same way that Amy and Megan (my RA’s) helped me. As people in my life have pointed my strengths out, I have realized that I love to be around people and building solid, deep relationships. People in my life encouraged me to walk down the hallway during welcome week, pop into people’s rooms and just say hi. This has led to some of …show more content…
However, the first few weeks are especially hard and I know if it wasn’t for the strength God had given me I wouldn’t have been able to randomly say hi to strangers. I also know that had it been a different week, it’s possible I would not have been as willing. I want to allow others to have that experience of getting to know others. As an RA, I would be able to facilitate events where the girls would get to know each other including those for whom welcome week is especially difficult or those who enter college on a particularly rough week.
2. Describe your spiritual journey.
When thinking about my spiritual journey I think of one word: Delight. God has brought me from a place of despair, anger, and insecurity into complete joy. The result is that I truly delight in the Lord. My spiritual journey with Christ has involved many moments of doubt and stubbornness as God tried to tell me different things and direct me in different ways than I originally planned. Thus, my delight in