Hello! My name is Lindsey Parrott and I’ve been serving the Lord with Campus Crusade for Christ for the past 9 years. It’s hard to believe all that the Lord has done in those 9 years to cultivate not only my heart for Him, but my heart for others to know Him. After spending my first 2 years working with college students in the Netherlands and then in Macedonia my heart began to beat for the nations. Not just the nations that have never heard of Jesus, but those who have heard but have never been developed in their faith. I’ve spent the past 5 years working at Miami University, training and equipping students how to walk with the Lord for a lifetime and teaching them how to communicate their faith effectively. In those 5 years I’ve had the privilege of being involved in our overseas partnerships to England, Rome, Zambia and Fiji. Going to such vastly different countries has been an often crazy cultural experience, but one thing is consistent in all of them, people are searching for truth. In places like England and Rome, hearts are not as eagerly responsive to the gospel as places like Zambia and Fiji where it seems as though every one you meet either knows Christ or wants to. Yet, God is on the move to capture people’s hearts for Him in every country. It has been an increasing dream of mine that more men and women would not onlly hear the gospel and respond, but have the tools toreach their fellow countrymen with the gospel. After hearing of the international focus at Walt Disney World among the students and interns who participate in the college program, it only made sense to jump in and be a part of a new and innovative way to see more people have a chance to know Jesus and make Him known.
His Name written on my heart…
I accepted Christ into my heart at the ripe age of 4 or 5, though I must say that the memory of that has long since slipped my mind. I do remember however, being uncertain of my salvation at age 11 and realizing that Christianity was about a relationship with God, not just going to Church and being a good Church girl. I decided then to rededicate my life to Christ. As a result the Lord began what has since been a radical transformation of my heart and life. Soon after rededicating my life to Christ my family moved from our little town outside of Philadelphia, to a more city life in the suburbs of Cincinnati. I became a young girl searching for her identity, realizing that my true value and worth could only be found in Christ, but wanting desperately to find it in my appearance, my friends, my status. Over the next 4 years until age 15 I battled back and forth between my committment to Christ and trying to live in the world. The whole time wanting desperately to believe the truth over the lies the world was feeding me, but finding myself at a loss everytime. Believing that my worth could only be found in how pretty I was, how popular I was, how successful I was as a student was the more tangible and easier to believe option. I felt insignificant and therefore I believed I was insignificant. At age 15 the Lord in His faithfulness once again took a hold of my life and as I had reached the point where I realized how out of control my world had become, I began to cling to my Savior like never before, choosing to allow my faith in the Truth be my guide and not my feelings of what was truth. Throughout the rest of high school the Lord began to slowly transform my character and attitudes but it wasn’t until I went off to school at Miami University that I began to experience the magnitude of a love relationship with my Savior. As I became involved with the ministry of Campus Crusade at Miami the Lord began to use women in my life to challenge me to grow spiritually and learn how to really walk with the Lord for a lifetime. What an amazing adventure and journey it has been of knowing my Creator. I look over my life and see the faithfulness of God amidst my own waywardness. He continues to amaze me with His overwhelming grace and presence in my life. He is the Love of my life and I’m so thankful He engraved His name on my heart!
