Codi Rhear

Growing
up my family never went to church. I always loved it when the van would
come around and pick us up for VBS! I accepted Jesus as my Savior when
I was 9 almost 10, January 28th, 1998 to be exact! From then on I went
to church all the time. I always had to rely on people to come and pick
me up and take me home. It is so cool how God provided for me without
me really knowing it. I have always loved to sing and church was my
first experience singing in front of a group of people. Once I started
singing contemporary Christian music the church has not let me stop! I
was always blessed to be in praise bands and asked to sing solos! I was
always involved in the choir at school and musical theater became a
passion too! When I graduated from high school I decided to be a music
major. Then this past semester I really started to not like music. The
dean of music got upset with me once and told me to get my priorities
in order. It upset me at first because I was trying so hard to please
so many people at once. That happened right before fall break. All
during fall break I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my
priorities were and what they should be instead. At the time I was
working three jobs, making a’s in my classes, and putting together a
festival fund raiser for the music department. I realized that I had
been putting all of that before God. I also realized that I was not
doing what God had truly called me to do. Deep in my heart I knew that
God was telling me to work in a hospital and use the skills I learn
from that and do world missions! So, I took the dean’s advice and got
my priorities in order. I changed my major to nursing, this was a big
challenge because I lost a lot of friendships for a couple of months.
It really hurt but I knew God was on my side and that was all that I
cared about. Now, I only have to work one job to keep up with my bills,
I have more time to spend with God, and I have this indescribable peace
about me. I feel like the whole world has been lifted off my shoulders.