Can Just Be a Kid - Lisa
By Haley Hester | Video by Andy Hoag • Aug 27, 2019
Lisa, one of our 2019 Graduates, shares about her story, her dreams, and her experience at GBCH&FM
Lisa's favorite subject is Literature because she loves reading and writing. She spends her free time writing stories, poems, and songs. She also enjoys talking, listening to others, and being the "mother" in the cottage by helping anyone she can. Since coming to our Baxley Campus, Lisa says she has learned what family and being a kid truly means.
"The staff have become mothers to me," Lisa explained with tears in her eyes. "They have shown me structure, etiquette, and have helped to make me a Christ-following woman."
Since graduating from Appling County High School in May, Lisa will be heading off to college to obtain a degree in nursing. She is currently interning at The Pavilion, a nursing and rehabilitation center in Baxley, so she can build her résumé and pursue her dreams of being a Healthcare Administrator.
"I like making sure everyone is taken care of and to help anyone if they need it," Lisa says with a smile. "So becoming a nurse is like second nature to me."
Before coming to Baxley, Lisa grew up being the full time caretaker to her bedridden grandmother, which required her to take full responsibility for all her grandmother's medical needs, cleaning, and cooking at a very young age. Lisa did that for years until her grandmother passed away, starting a sequence of events that brought her to the Children's Home.
Lisa continued to explain that the Children's Home helped her put life into perspective and that she has experienced many things here she never knew were possible.
"My first Christmas here was so overwhelming," Lisa said. "I went from having nothing to being surrounded by people who loved me. I received gifts for the very first time. This place has changed my life."
Join us in praying for Lisa and that the Lord will continue to be a guiding force in all of her future endeavors.
Lisa graduated high school in 2019, and is working her way through school to achieve her goal of becoming a healthcare administrator. (Photo by Haley Hester)
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