The view from a night time stroll in Piazza dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) in Pisa. This is my favorite time to visit the tower and enjoy its beauty. 
How I Got To Italy:
The University of Mississippi has a partnerhsip with the University of Pisa, Italy. The spring of my sophomore year I took part in a vision trip to get a taste of the ministry in Italy. It was during this one week trip that God gave me a vision for reaching the world and specifically the Italian students. I returned home from that trip with news that I would be taking my junior year off from college to go on a one year mission trip to the University of Pisa. At the age of 21, I moved halfway around the world not having a clue what to expect but it was there that I met God like I never had before. I was broken beyond belief and at the same time built up in the Lord far more than I could have ever imagined possible. While serving in Italy I had the unique opportunity to travel to 12 countries and take part in ministry in each of them in different forms ranging from Jesus Film/Bible distribution in Africa to teaching English Camps in Croatia. When I returned home, I knew that God had me going overseas again in the future. I pushed as hard as I could to finish up college early and while doing that I felt God's call to begin praying about joining staff with Campus Crusade and returning long term(3-5 years) to Italy. After a few months of prayer I received a definite yes from God about pursuing staff with Campus Crusade for Christ and applying to go back to Italy long term to provide much needed stability to the ministry there. Romans 10:13-15 spoke to my heart about taking the message of Jesus Christ to the nations
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