Grace, grace and more grace

Reflecting on my time at Grace College and looking to the future!

If you didn’t know, a few weeks ago I graduated from Grace College!

And if I'm being honest with you, I haven’t really processed that fact. It feels like I am just on winter break right now and will be going back to school here soon enough. This, however, is not reality. I keep having to remind myself,  “Kate, you are done with school and you don’t have to go back for the rest of your life!!”

What?!

While I haven’t quite processed that I am done, I have reflected on my time at Grace and I did this by going on a long.. very long (did I mention long?) walk after my last class. On this walk, I reflected on everything (prepare yourself, I do mean everything) from meeting my roommate, and soon-to-be best friend, Jenna, to tearing my ACL that same year, to finding Jesus the following year after hitting rock bottom, to meeting incredible friends that helped me to know Jesus even more, to discovering what my calling was and more specifically where (Ghana), to spending a summer at OneWay Ministries that confirmed this calling, to tearing my knee a couple more times, to retiring the sport I loved most and taking on a different role on my team, to ACTUALLY GOING TO GHANA, to graduating college and being exactly where I was now– walking on the Grace trails and reflecting on all of these things and more. As you can see, that very long sentence explains my very long walk. 

While a great many things happened during my time at Grace, by far the greatest thing to come out of my time there was discovering God’s grace for me and truly receiving it, and making Him Lord and Savior of my life. 

Up until college, I thought I was a good person– I made good decisions for the most part. I stayed out of trouble. That is until I went to Grace and ironically, trouble found me. After a series of poor decisions, things started clicking in my head and I realized I actually wasn’t a good person– I never had been. And the weight of that reality was crushing. My anxiety caused by my shame was unbearable. That is until I realized Jesus bore it for me. And that sweet word “grace” freed me from the chains I couldn’t break myself. 

I remember the distinct moment grace lifted the 100-pound weight off of my chest. I was driving home from Grace listening to a sermon my coach recommended when the Holy Spirit helped me to realize that God’s grace isn’t just for “everyone.” It’s for me, specifically! And oh, how I realized I needed it! And I had it! That’s what Jesus continually offers me by what He did on the cross! And in that moment, I eagerly received it. I remember getting home and dancing around my kitchen because I felt so free! So light! So happy! 

And from that moment on Jesus completely changed my life by His grace at Grace College!

(As you can see, God, a.k.a. the best writer out there, so beautifully wrote my story with grace binding it all together.)

He graciously blessed me with new relationships, a newfound desire to read Scripture, and a new dream for my life.

It is after my Father that I desire to use this gift of writing He has given me and become a writer at OneWay Ministries.

At OneWay, I will be able to tell the stories that God has written using the ministry as a key player. From OneWay Africa to Prayercast to Streams of Living Water to House of Hope to OneWay Young Adults to Mission Network News to OneWay Studios to Gospel Advance– there are SO MANY stories to tell of how God is working through this ministry to reach the lost and rally the church! And by His grace, I can’t wait to write those stories.

Along with writing I will be communicating with the OneWay Africa team, producing podcasts, working on fundraising campaigns and helping create social media content, among many others– all things I’m super passionate about and feel gifted in. And I am so ecstatic to be using these skills to further the Kingdom! 

But I can’t do this without YOUR help. My salary is completely support-raised and it is my hope and prayer to become fully funded by the time I start working there in May. Since I am done with school, second semester will be dedicated to raising these funds. While this will be a challenging task, I am at peace about it because I am certain that the God who gave me this dream will provide for it.

This is where I humbly ask for your support. Whether that’s through joining my team financially, or through prayer or word-of-mouth, I am so grateful.

If you are interested in investing in the Kingdom-work God has for me, please email me at katherine.sperry@owm.org. 

Stay tuned for more resources that will come to your email and mailbox!

I am thankful for YOU and I am thankful for the God whose grace abounds!

“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 (ESV)