Ana Campbell's Dominican Republic Mission Trip

For a while now I have felt God calling me to share my testimony, but I have always been too afraid. Since I was little I have been taught about God, but I still never really understood how He was the creator of everyone and how He loved us all no matter our sins. One Sunday when I was about eight years old, my grandfather was preaching at his mission camp and I felt the lord calling me to give my life to Him so that I could be saved. I asked Christ into my heart that day and I was baptized, but I just never really committed. I went through a couple of years of just kind of living life, being a kid, and just going about it however I wanted. In the seventh grade I was invited to the wknd camp through Pinelake. We were worshipping and the song Way Maker came on. I felt the lord ever so presently saying “really give me your life for good this time.” I did just that and I was baptized again. This time I truly felt different. I wanted to be different, but I was still just learning how. 

       Then came September of 2021 when my whole world came crashing down. Most people know that my grandmother, my Cece, was my very best friend. There was no one closer to me than her. That September she caught Covid and was admitted to the hospital. On September 10th, God took her home. This destroyed me in so many ways. It left a hole in my life that I didn’t know how to fill. I didn’t know how I could trust in God when he just took her from me out of nowhere and did not even give me the chance to say goodbye. A few days after her funeral I was scrolling through her Facebook and saw that one of the last things she posted was CeCe Winans singing “Goodness of God”. Right then it took me back to that night at Pinelake. I felt God telling me that it was okay, that she was with him and He was going to take care of me. God still loved me even through my doubts.           

        For anyone that knew my Cece, they knew she did everything loud. She talked loud, she laughed loud, she loved loud, but most of all after she found Christ she lived God loud! This left such an impression on shy quiet little me. Everyday now I want to be more like her. I want to laugh loud, I  want love loud, but most of all I want Live God Loud and lead others to do the same.

           In March I will have the opportunity to Live God Loud in the Dominican Republic with Hartfield Academy Missions. I am selling these shirts to help me get there! If you feel led to support me in this mission please order a shirt or donate to the trip, but most of all just pray for me and the people of the Dominican. I cannot thank you enough and I cannot wait to go serve LOUD!

Much love, 

Ana Campbell Singletary