After being born overseas, I grew up here in the Federal Way area. I was raised in a family that loves Jesus and his church. After finding my way to Texas for college, I met my husband and stayed for graduate school. I graduated with a Masters of Theology in 2004, and then spent four years doing Christian sports ministry in Europe with my husband. We played basketball, coached youth teams, worked in youth ministry throughout the year, and led Christian basketball camps during the summers. Since then, we still spend a lot of time at basketball games with our two kids—Sam and Maggie—as well as an energetic foster son.
I have served at LifeWay since 2008, first with small groups and discipleship, and now as the Missions Pastor. I have a passion for encouraging, training, and resourcing people to develop their relationship with Jesus and live out their calling to share him with others. As a church, we passionately desire to raise people up as disciples inside the walls in order to send them outside the walls to share the good news of God’s love—locally, cross-culturally, nationally, and internationally.