In May, I graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with my Bachelor’s of Science in Exercise Science. As I entered college with a plan to pursue Physical Therapy, the Lord has changed my life in ways that I could not imagine.

Looking back on my time at UNCW, the most defining part of my college experience has been my time in Reformed University Fellowship. The Lord abundantly provided deep friendships, mentors, and deep truthful knowledge of who Jesus is in my life as a college student and who He will continue to be in my life through RUF. RUF is a ministry at over 170 campuses across the nation that reaches and equips students to serve Christ.

In the most self-seeking environment of college where the world is calling you to pursue many clubs, jobs, internships, status, perfect grades, it can be challenging to find a sense of firmness and somewhere to go when you come to the end of yourself. Through the RUF staff at UNCW, I learned that no matter how high the status we reach or how low, we will never be satisfied. We were created with a longing to be seen and loved and our weakness and failures is exactly what qualifies us to come to the Lord.

RUF at UNCW was the first place that I felt truly seen, fully known, and yet still loved. In turn, the Lord showed me that He too sees me, fully knows me, and still loves me. This ministry completely changed the way that I view Jesus in my life and who He is to me.