In 2015, I prayed a big prayer..."Take me to the World before I am taken from it." Little did I know that the answer to that prayer would be found in Spain. In 2016, I served as a missional apprentice in Southern Spain. In 2017, I walked The Camino De Santiago. My journey was a 520-mile pilgrimage across Northern Spain. 300,000 people from around the globe walked the Camino De Santiago in 2017; I was one of them.
It’s a spiritual journey that has transformed my life and has given me the vision to see other people's lives transformed through it as well.
I am now part of an incredible organization called One Collective and the team I will be serving with for the next two years is in Northern Spain on The Camino De Santiago.
The world is coming to Santiago.
I am going to the world.
(350,000 people walked the Camino in 2019.)
One Collective is an International Organization whose vision is to see lives and communities transformed by the power of God.
It is our mission to bring people together to help the oppressed.
We take a holistic approach to help those
in need by following the actions of Jesus
and loving people the ways He did.
Jesus fed the hungry, freed the enslaved, forgave the sins of the world.
He turned hearts towards Him not only with his words but with food, freedom, and forgiveness.
This is the passion of One Collective, to approach lives in need caring for the whole person, caring for the whole community.
The community I will be serving is located in Santiago De Compostela and the project that I will be most directly involved with is called, “The Pilgrim House.”
Every year, over 300,000 people walk the 500-mile long Camino de Santiago trail that stretches from France to Spain. Many of these pilgrims are doing so for spiritual reasons, seeking truth and purpose.
At the end of this trail, the Pilgrim House exists to give these people an opportunity to find respite, encouragement and ultimately love!