About Me

I'm Emily. 

I was born in England, to a very British mother, and very Texan father. About a decade ago my family and I made our way to a small college town in East Texas where I still live and am currently finishing up my Bachelors in Digital Media and Creative Writing. Under the East Texas pines I have found a wonderful church home, a beautiful community, and group of friends that feel more like family.

My Grandmother was a Gypsy, a wanderer by nature, and that blood definitely runs through my veins. Whether its 50 miles away, or 5000, I want to go there. I want to explore places, meet people, try foods, and get myself well and truly lost in every corner of the world.

I am redeemed by unbelievable grace. A friend once told me that Christians are like Goldfish. We are tiny Goldfish swimming in an ocean of grace, and a lot of us don't realize it. I've had my fights with God, I've turned my back and run away. I've sinned and sinned and sinned. I've fallen on my face and been broken. For a long time I didn't think there was enough grace for me, for the things I'd done. But then I realized that I was a tiny Goldfish in a huge ocean, panicking that there wasn't enough water for me. I was stupid. My God is great and beautiful and merciful. There is more grace than I can ever imagine, I am not worthy of it, but still it is given to me. 

I have an ache to see the world, it is written on my heart to see new places, and I know the love and the life that Jesus brings. In the past year or so it began to bother me that I had never combined those things. I was given a passion for travel, and I have found a beautiful love of the Lord. How can I not put those together? This past summer I spent two months in India, sharing the good news, loving precious orphans, and growing in Christ with a group of wonderful women. I think my heart was made for the mission field, and I know my time in India is not yet done. 

I love quilts, and art work, and short story collections. I love coffee, and ice cream, and hand written letters. I love football, and red lipstick, and blueberry muffins. I love roller-coasters, and bonfires, and I'm addicted to Altoids. 

I less than love hard back books. I don't like my coffee iced. I think the combination of mint and chocolate is the strangest thing in the world, and I'm terrible at texting. 

I've got my bible, my journal, a passport, and a camera. Sounds like everything I need to change the world. 

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