I am very blessed to have had a relationship with Jesus for almost 10 years now. While I was growing up I always believed in God, but never understood who He was, or knew that He was interested in knowing me personally.

I grew up attending the LDS Church, and was baptized when I was 8. Shortly before High School, God started to do amazing things in my family—I was born with very poor eyesight, and the doctors told my parents that they expected me to be blind in at least one eye, and I was wearing glasses from the time I was 18 months old. I’ll never forget the day that I went to the eye doctor at age 14 and he told me that I didn’t need to wear glasses anymore! God had healed my eyes! Looking back, I can now see that God had healed my eyes so that I could see the truth in His Word for myself, and I gave my life to Christ shortly thereafter. God continued working in my family and connected us with solid teaching at a local church. On Mother’s Day, 1997, my parents and I were baptized—this time my baptism meant that I was identifying myself as a follower of the true Jesus of the Bible.

During my college years, God impressed upon me His heart for the people of all nations, and allowed me to serve Him in Central Asia, Slovenia, and Siberia. I’m excited that God continues to burden my heart for the nations, and am excited to be able to serve God with my life.

God is always in the process of shaping me, and my favorite Bible verse has always been Philippians 1:6, which says “…He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Travis Lansing