2007/2008 Third Year Master's Commission Students
Bejamin J. Dieterly
Nickname: Big Ben
Hometown: Providence, RI
Favorite Scripture: That's an unfair question, there is a Bible full of then. Right now I am thinging of Joshua 1:9 and Jude 1:3
Favorite food: Pretty much all of it
Favorite Store: Footlocker
Favorite Color: Fuschia... Just kidding... um, I don't really have a favorite color.
Favorite Quote: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." -Edmond Burk
Future: I feel like God is calling me to be a traveling youth evangelist.
I came to Masters because of a longing to grow closer to Him. I had a desire that compelled me to leave my comfort zone and experience
something that would change my relationship with Him. Since coming to Masters the desire that I had to grow closer to Him has
intensified to an even deeper level. I am consumed with the desire to know Him more than yesterday, to experience Him more than this
morning, and to walk more in His power than in this moment. Every time I enter into His presence I am addicted to wanting more, more
than yesterday, more than today, and more for tomorrow. My hunger has intensified to an unsatisfying level, and I need Him more. God
has laid a burden on my heart for the teens in this lost, hurt and dying generation. One dream that will not let go of my heart has been
to be able to reach out to kids in the public schools. Through Master’s I have begun to realize my dreams. He has given me opportunity
after opportunity to reach a world that needs the love of Christ. He has given me amazing leadership opportunities that I could not
have imagined myself in. He has used the incredible people around me to challenge me and stir up a desire for more of Him. God has
changed me in so many ways, and it was only when I let Him, when I stepped out of my comfort zone that He did amazing things.
Mike Luis
Nickname: Luis, Lu, The Brown Man
Hometown: Southern Chester County, PA
Favorite Scripture: Hebrews 12
Favorite food: Don't make me discriminate
Favorite Store: Trader Joe's
Favorite Color: Transparent
Favorite Quote: "Just throwing that out there" or "No excuse"
Future: Whatever God has planned for me.
I came to Master’s simply because that was where God wanted me to be. Originally before Master’s, I wanted to pursue a career in
restaurant management. Then God really laid Master’s on my heart. I really didn’t want to do it at first, but through it I knew that
God had planned to mold me and shape me into the man of God that He intended me to be. Now here I am in my third year and all I seek
is more of Him. I’ve obtained this never satisfied hunger to know Him deeper and more intimately. Through my time in Master’s I believe
that God has definitely called me to ministry as well as to help continue to grow it and challenge young people to pursue a deeper
relationship with God. Through the youth rallies, conventions, teen outreaches, and youth events that we are a part of, God has given
me a burning passion to ignite fire in young peoples’ lives, to go after God and never be satisfied with where they are in their
relationship with Him. I want to continue to challenge and encourage this generation to be world changers, impacting their schools,
their friends, their work areas, wherever they are and whatever they’re doing. This year in Master’s I can only feel God is planning
on using me in areas or give me more opportunities to serve Him in ways I have yet to take part in. I have opportunity after
opportunity to travel to different youth conventions and build relationships with students and really see their desire and hunger
to know God more. As a third year at GZMC, my hunger for Him only grows more and more every day. I desire for everybody that I
encounter to get excited about living a life that stands out from the ordinary and that is fueled by a passion and hunger to worship God.
2007/2008 Second Year Master's Commission Students
Belinda Renkens
Nickname: B, Bindy
Hometown: Green Bay, WI
Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 6:6-8
Favorite food: Tortellini in a rose sauce
Favorite Store: Ten Thousand Villages
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Quote: "What do you think I am ?? A piece of ripe fruit you can just squeeze the juice out of and cast aside??!!"
Future: I WANT to travel the world, taking pictures and writing the stories about events that are happening that are being kept hidden. I also want to do something with music, but I have no idea what God’s plans for me are. I do think that travel will be involved somehow because of my love for the nations, but I have no idea in what capacity as yet.
I came to Master’s because I knew that a normal college would just not work out for me. I worked for a year beforehand because I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but then my Mom and I started looking into different Master’s Commissions and it just clicked. Everything that Master’s is about is perfect for me; it feeds my passion and directs my focus. I know that this year, just as last year is going to be about refinement for me. And our theme for this year; Surrender, has already played a part. This year is definitely going to be hard, but I know that it will be worth it because this is just a preparation for the future. Our generation is being called to something different, something harder and we are being tested to see if we will last. How desperate are we? Are we willing to risk it all? I believe that this year in Master’s is preparing me, in my spiritual life and in my physical, for what is coming, or what I am going to be doing in the future. This year is definitely about surrender, about sacrifice and about giving everything to God and trusting His judgment and what He is going to do with my life.
Katy Swiger
Nickname: KJ
Hometown: Fairview, WV
Age: 21
Favorite Scripture:Jeremiah 29:11
Favorite food: Any kind of pasta... I can't help it I'm Italian
Favorite Store: Dick's Sporting Goods or Old Navy
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Quote: "It's supposed to be hard! If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard... is what makes it great!" - From the movie “A League of Their Own” Jimmy Dugan (aka Tom Hanks)
Future: I want to become a physical therapy assistant and work with people to help make them well sometime in the future, but I have a feeling that what I want to do and what I’m going to do are two different things. God has something amazing in store for me, but I need to put my desires aside and focus on what God wants me to do.
I came to Master’s because I felt like I spiritually, physically, and mentally needed more than what my small town of only 400 people could give me. God has some major plans for me, but it took me stepping out of my comfort zone, away from the life and community I had known for 20 years, to be completely used by Him. I needed to be put into situations where I knew absolutely nothing and where I could lean on God and God alone for my comfort and strength. I have known about Master’s Commission since I was 15, but I didn’t feel a calling to go to Master’s until last year. There were so many doors open that allowed me to come to Master’s last year that it wouldn’t have made sense for me to not come. God’s timing is always perfect. I know I am where I am suppose to be when I am suppose to be there. I feel like God wants to rearrange my though process this year. He is trying to tell me that I need to really mean it when I say I trust Him and give Him my situations. He’s working in me and making my relationship with Him more of a heart thing, instead of a lip service. The theme for this year is “Surrender” and I feel like God is calling me to surrender things that are not “bad”, just getting in the way of me and Him. I want to be so completely changed by God and His love that when someone looks at the new me they would be confused and not recognize who I am because they are looking for the old me, but the old me doesn’t exist any more.
Nicholas Knapp
Nickname: Knapp
Hometown: Stanfordville, NY
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:John 16:33
Favorite food: Chili
Favorite Store: Cabela's
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Quote: "If you find a turtle on top of a fencepost, it didn't get there by itself" - John Maxwell
Future: I really don’t know what I want to do. I would love to do anything that combines being outside/hiking/camping/ect, working on engines, using computers, working with sound/video, working with teens, and hopefully not traveling. I know that God has called me into the ministry in some way, but I’m not sure exactly how yet.
I first became interested in Master’s because it was completely different from anything else I had looked at. I always said that I would never go collage. When I first looked into Master’s I had no clue what it was, and I loved the fact that it was completely different, it had all the pieces I was looking for. It provided a great education, a supportive and challenging environment, learning opportunities, and so much more. The one thing that made Master’s stand out to me was that the focus was not on anything other than God. I spent a ton of time in prayer and research, and then after a meeting with the staff of GZMC I knew that it was where God wanted me. I wanted something that was completely different from the world, and I found it in Master’s. On top of book classes, Master’s has provided me with opportunities to learn new things as well as perfecting the things I already know, but more importantly it has stretched me in my relationship with God. I feel like I know God better than I ever have before.
Through Master’s God has drawn me so much closer to Him.
Nick Cirino
Nickname: Oniric Solahcin (ON-er-ic SAH-lock-in)
Hometown: Kemblesville, PA
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:Jeremiah 31:33-34
Favorite food: Lasagna
Favorite Store: Goodwill
Favorite Color: Mahogany
Favorite Quote: "Unfortunately, often people hate evil more than they love good." - a terribly rough paraphrase from the movie "Luther"
Future: Pastor
One day, I was sitting in the balcony during a junior high service and God told me very clearly that He wanted me to be an MC student, and I have never looked backed. This year I want my relationship with God to become more intimate. I want to know Him more. This year I also hope to learn how to be a leader. Leadership is hard and much more complicated then I previously felt like it was. I want to learn how to lead in a godly way; how to serve though my leadership. This year I want to love people more. Love them like God loves them. Hurt for them like God hurts for them. I want to see people know the Father more. I pray that God would continue to dismantle the strongholds of pride and judgmentalness in me. I just want to be humble and broken, totally surrendered to God. I want to lay down and press past anything that stands in my way to doing God’s will and knowing him more. I don’t want to stay where I am at with God, but I want to go deeper: that is my heart’s cry for this year.
God has totally transformed me from who I used to be. Before I was a very much a loner. It was a defensive reaction against wounds with people. God helped me through those wounds, and helped me to let go of that junk in my life. He transformed me into a person who loves people and wants to hang out with them.
Before I came to Master’s I had a lot of head-knowledge of God, but not a lot of heart-knowledge. In Master’s I really learned what an intimate relationship with God is like. I began to experience God rather than just read about Him. Through my time at Master’s I have learned to trust and rely on Him more and more.
Master’s has taught me a ton about ministry. Before coming to Master’s I knew virtually nothing about anything pertaining to ministry. Worse than that, I had no idea how much I didn’t know. If I had tried to go into ministry it would have been a terrible mess. But now I feel confident that I have a good base of knowledge and experience in ministry so that I would even feel comfortable to organize and do it on my own. I have learned so much about the most important part on ministry, the part that doesn’t happen on stage. Through the example and leadership of the staff and upper-class MC students I have learned so much in so little time. It has really laid a great foundation for me for when I go to do ministry where God has called me to.
Breanna McCormick
Nickname: Bre
Hometown: Martha's Vineyard, MA
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:Proverbs 3:5-6
Favorite food: Arlene's Apple Dumplings
Favorite Store: World Market
Favorite Color: Brown
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you want to see in the world." - Gandhi
Future: I want to be a follower of Christ in its entirety
Master’s Commission wasn’t my first choice after I graduated high school, actually at that point Master’s Commission wasn’t even one of my options. I was familiar with the program because there was a Master’s Commission at my former church. I moved to a different state for my senior year of high school and when graduation came I was lacking direction. I applied to several different colleges and was accepted, but I didn’t feel prepared for college and then a career. I wanted to experience life, travel and most of all I felt that there was something more out there for me. I went to South Africa on a mission trip and I realized that I wanted to focus on my relationship with God before I focused on what I was going to become in the world. I started to look into programs that were centered around on God and still had college education. By the time I found out about Ground Zero Master’s Commission I had only five days before the program started. In my mind none of it was making sense, ‘I’m going to pack my bags and leave for nine months in just five days!?!? I don’t even know where I’m going!’ There were several factors that gave me doubt, but I decided that I would give God 100% and if He wanted me at GZMC then everything would work out. There was no time to waste so I packed my bags and cleaned out my car before I was even accepted. When I did get accepted I felt such a peace about the direction I was going in that all fear and doubt subsided. Everything started falling into place and before I had time to say goodbye to all my friends I was gone.
God has transformed me so much in the last few months! It’s amazing what God can do when we dedicate ourselves to Him. Before I started Masters, I felt a calling of ministry on my life but I wasn’t willing to accept it. I often related myself to the story of Jonah from the Bible. God told Jonah where to go and what to do, but he ran in the opposite direction. I’m not proud to have a story similar to Jonah’s but no matter what we’ve done or where we’ve come from God created us for a purpose and He wants to use us. I joined Masters spontaneously and I wasn’t specifically sure what God wanted to do in me. I can’t say that it was God that changed me, but I would say that the more I focused on God the more things I saw in myself that I wanted to change. In my first year there was a major change in my attitude. We had been ministering and serving people for months and I had a very selfish attitude. It took a while before I realized that I had been focusing on myself instead of those I was ministering to. My
attitude towards serving God and others changed over the course of the nine months, it was a process I had to go through. When I finished my first year, I had a heart to serve others. From the ministry experiences I had in my first year of Masters I knew that I would always be doing some kind of ministry. I learned that ministry and serving is a lifestyle not a program, it requires commitment and an inward obedience. Masters Commission taught me self-discipline and enabled me to institute Christ into my everyday life. I’ve now returned to Masters Commission for a second year and I’m earnestly expecting God to do amazing things. This time I’ll be able to watch first years grow and I’ll be able to minister to them. I cannot say that I know exactly what God wants to do in me this year, but I know that God has started to “give me the desires of my heart.” He’s told me, “I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you… plans to give you the future you hope for.” All I can do is put my complete trust in Him.
SherryAnne MacPherson
Nickname: SherryAnne Buggy Wuggy
Hometown: Somers Point, NJ
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:Ezekiel 34
Favorite food: My Mom's Shepard's Pie
Favorite Store: Whatever store has a sale going on, usually Kohl's or TJ Max
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Quote: "Freedom lies in being bold." - Robert Frost
Future: What I want to do is to be a police officer, but I do not think that is what God wants me to do. I have no idea what God’s will is for my life, I just desire to be in His will. My constant prayer is surrender my future to Him, and do what He wants with it, and wherever He wants me to go, I will go. I want to be willing like Jeremiah, Isaiah, and the other apostles and go where He is working. God knows my desire and I hope that He will use my desire to use me, such as smuggling Bibles into China, working in the streets of India, opening an orphanage in Russia; I want to do the extreme for Christ. And who knows, maybe He will use me in a cop like way to be somewhat of a protector of His people.
Why I came to masters and what you feel God wants to do in your life this year: I came to Master’s because my relationship with God was being neglected. I didn’t want a real relationship with God but I know I needed one. So, I came to Master’s in search of a real relationship with God and I wanted to know Him more. God brought me into a desert place because my relationship with Him thus far, was based on feelings. It was discouraging at times, but in that, God built a foundation to start a relationship with Him. No longer was my relationship with Him artificial, but instead it was hunger and passion and a yearning for Him that is so deep. This year, He is whispering to me, He is romancing me and I worship in the love that He has for me. He is showing me that He is the lover of my soul, my Sheppard and that He is holding me. God wants me to yearn after Him, and surrender my past, my future, and all the things that I desire so that He may have them and do what He wants with them. God wants me to be a woman
after His own heart, embracing the cross, and smile in the midst of strife because He is faithful and just.
If God has done something great in your life through Masters: God has blessed me abundantly in masters, and he never ceases to give His blessings. I praise Him because He is worthy and because of all that He has shown me and has brought me out of. Glory to God that He Sheppard’s us and watches our coming and going. He has brought my family to a place where they are totally relying on Him. Through Master’s, I am in the will of God and am being challenged to change my lifestyle, my attitude, and surrender everyday. Master’s is something that has radically changed my life, and my future, and where I am going on my relationship with God.
Lindsey Renee Lacombe
Nickname: Linds
Hometown: Fitchburg, MA
Age: 20
Favorite Scripture:Revelation 2:10
Favorite food: Quesadillas
Favorite Store: Barnes and Noble
Favorite Color: Deep Orange
Favorite Quote: "It does not matter how it hurts as long as it gives God the chance to manifest Himself in your mortal flesh." - Oswald Chambers
Future: For whatever reason I am not permitted to know what is coming around the bend. But my sword is drawn and ready for whatever may come, I am listening attentively to wherever He commands me to go. My heart yearns to do His will.
I am in Masters because I have been ruined for the ordinary. I have never been anywhere that brings me the intensity the Ground Zero Masters Commission brings. I’ve tried college, becoming an English professor, maybe even a psychologist, but I have become disenchanted with the patterns of this world. Career doesn’t matter to me, money doesn’t matter to me—nothing matters to me but advancing the Kingdom of God. This year I long to be broken for the Bride of Christ. I want God to further narrow my way. I want to hate what He hates and love what He loves. No longer is it okay for me to look like the world, I want to look like Jesus.
Cassandra Beth Strycharz
Nickname: Cassie, Cat, Blondie
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:Exodus 33:18-23
Favorite food: Almost any kind of pasta
Favorite Store: Pac Sun, American Eagle, Goodwill
Favorite Color: Lime green or any bright color
Favorite Quote: “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.” –Audrey Hepburn
Future: My future is in God’s hands. I have so many things that I want to do, but it is more important for me to do what God has for me. I would love to travel and work with children. My heart goes out to children, especially those with special needs. I have worked with special education before and I dearly love it. They are amazing kids. I would love to travel because I have always loved different cultures and learning about how they live. Yet all this means nothing. I know God will use my passion for what He has for me, but even if He doesn’t I give Him my future on an open hand. I freely give God control. If He sends me to the front line of the battle field or the back of the building behind a desk, either way I will go. I have tried to control things myself and it has led me nowhere, leaving me empty handed. I know that God has everything planned out for me and it will be much better than anything I could ever imagine.
I returned to Masters because in my heart I knew God was not finished with me. My first year was absolutely amazing in the simple fact that God transformed everything about who I was. I went from someone who was fearful and timid to someone who has confidence and speaks out the beliefs I hold so dear. This year I returned because now that I know who I am, God wants to amplify it a hundred times over. Right now I am a strong person fighting for the goal God has given me.
Peter Odulana
Nickname: Peter, Dapo, old man, Nigerican, zoboomafoo (don't ask... really)
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria; Bowie, MD
Age: 24 (for now)
Favorite Scripture: Romans 8:26 and Psalm 139:23-24
Favorite food: Food, lots of it. I love food so much that... I just love food... now I'm hungry. However, the two foods that I have had strong deisres for are Mike Luis' buffalo chicken stromboli and Arlene Hasting's Aplle Dumplings.
Favorite Store: Goodwill and Target sales when I'm feeling particularly wealthy.
Favorite Color: Black, white, and shades of grey.
Favorite Quote: "Forth and fear no darkness"
Future: Missions is my calling. I don’t know where, but I want to go there. My heart cries out to those in other places that do no have the privilege we do of hearing the word of God, and I yearn to be with them, because, it is my duty to show Christ’s divine unconditional love to all of them. Until then, I continue to show and live that love to all that I see and meet daily.
I really believe that God wants me to grow in some very key areas in my life that have to do with leadership this year. One of these areas is confidence. God wants to build my confidence in my capabilities through Him. He wants to show me what He can do through me, and I cannot wait. Another area is my focus. It is sometimes very easy for me to be distracted by mundane things in this world, even if it’s just for a split second. I want to reach a point where my vision and focus adheres to Christ’s image and glory so strongly that not even the greatest deterrent could sidetrack me. Another thing is the talents and gifts that God has given me. I find myself wondering at times how God wants to use those gifts for the ministry that He’s gearing me for. However, I know that all those things will come in time, and that He will use them however He pleases, and that is absolutely fine with me. My one desire while I’m on this earth is to stand in the middle of the battle field, the hilt of my sword clenched with all my strength, face to face with my enemy, side by side with my King, with a smile of utter contentment and joy beneath the scars, blood, sweat and tears that adorn my face, knowing that victory is definite. Through Master’s Commission, my passion for doing the will of God has increased exponentially, and I now understand what it means to have one’s daily spiritual needs met. I get to do the one thing I love to do the most, worshipping my God daily in everything I do, with everything I have…EVERYTHING.
2007/2008 First Year Master's Commission Students
Nan Thomason
Nickname: Nanners
Hometown: Lavergne, TN
Age: 18
Favorite Scripture:Psalm 71:14
Favorite food: N/A
Favorite Store: World Imports
Favorite Color: I've learned to love all colors
Favorite Quote: "The point of walking with God is not to arive, but to walk with God." - . Craig Barnes "The meaning of prayer is that we get a hold of God, not of the answer." - Oswald Chambers
Future: I plan on having an orphanage one day for deaf and unwanted children in any country.
I came to Master’s because I was looking for something extreme, I wanted a school that would help further my education but also increase my knowledge of God and let me grow in my relationship with Him in a significant way. About three weeks before Master’s was going to start I was talking to a close friend about colleges and how I was struggling with deciding where to go. The next day she sent me information about GZMC. I got on the website and read everything there was to read about Master’s, then I printed out the application. About twu weeks later I was packing my bags and moving to PA. God has been doing amazing things since I’ve gotten here. Every day I learn something new and everyday God moves and works in an even more amazing way than He did the day before.
Stephanie Elizabeth Cole
Nickname: Steph
Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture:Ecclesiastes 3:1 and Lamentations 3:19-23
Favorite food: Chinese
Favorite Store: Burlington Coat Factory
Favorite Color: N/A
Favorite Quote: “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert Kenedy
Future: I don’t know what will happen with my future. I know that when I graduated from high school the first question I asked was, “what does the future hold for me?” It has been two years since I’ve graduated and I still don’t know. The one thing I do know is my longing and desire for God. Jesus is my future; He is my reason for living. I know that God has a reason for my life and I trust and have confidence in that alone. As far as my future I don’t know, but God does so I leave it in His hands.
I feel that God called me to Master’s for a very specific reason. I’ve always been a little bit of wonderer, never really knowing who I was and never really knowing who God was to me. I have always been a very relational person that is easy to get along with, and I attracted a lot of people, many of them the wrong kind of people. Because of these relationships I began to feel that I was inadequate and that I didn’t measure up. One day while in Church God brought me out of all that and gave me complete peace. One day, someone mentioned Master’s to me and I just completely blew it off, thinking, “I would never do that.” Some time later that same person mentioned Master’s again and asked why I didn’t do it. There was something that told me I shouldn’t blow it off this time. After some time in prayer I decided that Master’s was what God had for me during this season of my life. GZMC has been a such a blessing to me. The discipline and the love that they give is so amazing. I am completely overwhelmed by the
feeling I get from being in God’s presence every day. I have come to realize that anything can be worship, and I desire to worship Him in everything that I do. Following God is like being on a spiritual journey, a journey that causes us to continually learn more about who God is.
Brian Tompkins
Nickname: Teddy
Hometown: Newark, DE
Age: 18
Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 55:9 and Isaiah 43:18-19
Favorite food: Pecan Pie
Favorite Store: Wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble... maybe Sears too
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Quote: “Patience, young one, for the Jedi it is time to eat as well.” – Yoda, Star Wars: "The Empire Strikes Back"
Future: Preliminary ideas are world missions, urban ministry, or some combination of the two (i.e. foreign urban ministry, etc.). This is subject to change at divine notice.
I truly don’t know why I’m here other than that God brought me here. I decided last year that for this year I would accept nothing other than God’s will for my life and to be where He has put me. God turned my entire world upside down when He brought me here—all of my expectations were completely opposite what GZMC offered, but God showed me clearly multiple times that he wanted me here. God showed me a passage of scripture one morning when I was praying: “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths strait” (Proverbs 3:5-6). In faith that He would show me later why He wants me here, I came. It is a constant struggle to keep faith in God’s direction, but He has strengthened my faith so far.
Matthew D. Mericle
Nickname: M&M, Miracle Matt, Mateo
Hometown: West Grove, PA
Age: 19
Favorite Scripture: Isaiah 40:31
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite Store: Wal-Mart
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Quote: “Luck is only when God chooses to remain anonymous.” – Albert Einstein
Future: Pastor
I was originally planning on going to Eastern University to major in biblical studies. Then one day when I was stressing out over all the forms and papers I still had to fill out to complete my application to Eastern, God told me, “Stop worrying, everything is taken care of, you're going to Master’s Commission next year.” Now I had many objections to this notion and found the idea completely absurd. First off my older brother is in Masters and he is a third year, so if I go to Masters that means he would be over me. I couldn’t just let that happen now could I. Also I know what Masters is all about and its “uber strict” about issues like keeping your room clean, being on time, etc. I am a lazy, relaxed guy there is no way God would be calling me in to a program like that. After a long argument with God, I finally realized that I was looking at Masters with a completely close-minded perspective. I eventually realized that Masters was exactly the program I needed to be in to grow closer to God and begin my training to become a pastor. Now that I am in Masters I feel that God is going to do some awesome things. I am not sure exactly what these things will be, all I know is that I need to listen to and follow God wherever he leads me this year and everything will work out for the best.
Meaghan O'Malley
Nickname:
Hometown:Long Island, NY
Age: 18
Favorite Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:17 and 1 Corinthians 2:5
Favorite food: Mexican
Favorite Store:
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Quote: “You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.” – Princess Diana
Future: Right now I am still unsure of what the future holds for me. I am waiting on God to tell me if I should go to college next year, or come back for a second year at Masters.
I came to Masters because I wanted to be pushed out of my comfort zone. I want to be used by God in ways I never have been before, and grow a deeper relationship with Him. I want to be used by Him to help and touch the lives of people everywhere. My whole senior year of high school I didn't know where God wanted me to go after I graduated. It wasn't until April of my senior year that I heard about Ground Zero Masters Commission, when they came to my friend's church. Of all my options after graduation, GZMC was the only place that made sense to me and fit the desires and wants God had placed on me. Even though I still had fears and doubts entering GZMC, God has assured me that this is where He wants me to be, and that He is going to do amazing things through me.
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