Sadie Edwards

contingent staff

By God’s grace, there has never been a day when I didn’t know who Jesus was, but I was surrounded by a culture where everyone claimed to be a Christian, so I did too. I only had this religious view of Jesus and His rules, never having my own relationship with him until college. This skewed view of Christ led me to living a double life, going to church regularly and seeming like the good Christian girl, but living in sin, seeking fullfilment in all the wrong places.

My sophomore year at Eastern Kentucky University, I was invited to the Campus Outreach spring break trip in a way that could’ve only been the Lord. I saw college students in a Christian community living out their faith, not just claiming a religion they grew up in. At the time, I had no idea how this week would change the trajectory of my life and my eternity. Between spring break and going on the Orlando Project the following summer, I truly gave my life to the Lord and developed a relationship with him! I wrestled with the thought of what people would think about me having claimed to be a Christian all along, but had to realize that I had been living out a religion and not a relationship with the Father.

Since giving my life to Christ, I’ve been blessed to be discipled by older women, learned how to strengthen my relationship with the Lord, seen what ministry can look like for a woman, learned how to confess sin, and so much more. The Lord has opened my eyes to see that what my life was, is still the reality for so many others. He has grown my heart for college girls who are in the season I’ve been in, longing for whatever it is that could fulfill their hearts. I pray I can help them to know the gospel and make the name of Jesus known, making the college campus a little more like heaven.