Born and raised in the United States, I have had a love for the nations from a young age. I have visited more than 20 countries and have become captivated at the uniqueness that each culture holds. In my travels, I have been forever changed through encounters with the motherless and fatherless, the abandoned, the “forgotten”, the “unwanted”, the over crowded orphanages. I believe that we were originally designed for family and that each child deserves to be in a family, whatever the definition may be.

I have been volunteering in Thailand, on the Thai/Myanmar border, with Outpour Family since 2012. I, along with my team, have been working towards seeing children know WHO and WHOSE they are in Christ as they enter into safe, loving spaces. We are continuing to further relationships with different Thai governing authorities in order to see family legally restored to children and children legally restored to family.