Well I'm Tony, as you might already know, and I'm from Huntsville, AL. I graduated from a small, Christian, private school where I was on the swim team, played baseball, and was on Student Council. I enjoyed my years there, and it taught me a lot about Christ and how Christianity isn't just a religion, it's a relationship. During my junior year, I visited different colleges including Samford, Lee University, Wheaton College, University of Mobile, Union University, and University of West Florida. I figured out then that I wanted a smaller, Christian environment instead of a big university. Up to that point, I had not even heard of MC, until my family visited some of our friends who live here in Clinton, MS. About every so often we come here to visit and go hunting with our friends. Well on one trip our friends invited another one of their friends to come and hunt with us, me not knowing that this "friend" was the Vice President at MC, Mr. Jim Turcotte. He told me to give MC a look, and I made several campus visits. Since then, I believe that the Lord directed my path here to MC, and I am still exploring His will for me everyday.
As for my major, I plan to graduate Mississippi College with a B.S. in Nursing. I beleive that God has given me the gift of compassion for others. After I finish here, I plan to go on to earn a Masters degree in Nurse Practitioner, and maybe one day become a medical missionary. My life hero, aside from Jesus Christ, has been man by the name of Jim Elliot. Jim was a missionary to a "lost" tribe in Ecuador. He and a few other men gave their lives one day, on one beach where they were attempting to reach this lost tribe called the "Aucas". You may have seen a move dedicated to these men called "End of the Spear". Jim's wife also wrote a book called "Through the Gates of Splendor" which goes more in detail about her husbands mission in Ecuador.
But anyways, that's me, and I intend to write about a little more intellectual stuff than this, and hopefully I'll be able to get better at writing on a blog. Thanks for taking the time to read.
Dive Deep in Christ,
Tony
1 comment:
Cool! I think MC is a good place to end up! I've read part of one of Jim Elliot's wife's books Passion and Purity. I think it was more about her relationship with him though. His story is a great one. And nice job on the posters you put up for the campaign...I almost thought it was Michael Phelps!
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