Week 1: Pre-Post

My name is Sydney-Alyse Young. I am a junior and a half and nineteen years old. I was born in Columbia, South Carolina and I consider that my hometown. I am a southerner who is very conservative, outspoken, classic, and proud of all of it. I love the fall, particularly football season, pearls, anything monogrammed, navy blue, or that has bows. I drink 5 cups of coffee a morning and this semester I am making myself do things I have always been afraid to do or did not want to, things like climbing towers, rollercoasters, auditions, and 8 a.m. classes. I have lived in 8 cities and my parents currently reside in Melbourne, Florida. I am PK, MK, and a children’s pastor.

            My degree is in English. I would like to teach high school English and coach cheerleading at a Christian school until the Lord sees fit to move me into the next season in my life and I pay off my college loans. I am called to one day be in ministry, through my marriage to a pastor and I would like to attend John MacArthur’s Master’s College to receive a 1-year certificate in women’s ministry. I am currently the Children’s Pastor at New River Baptist Church in Melbourne.

            The Lord and my mother are my two closest friends. I am extremely domestic and owe it to my mother and grandmother who both closely resemble June Cleaver. I know the Lord has called me to be a supporter not a leader and I do my best to equip myself for that calling until the Lord brings that season to pass. My life motto is “Beauty Invites” and if I never went to crazy as to get a tattoo that’s what it would say. It comes from the book Captivating by Stasi Elderidge and I love it because it embodies who I want to be. A woman of the Lord who invites those around her to live out their calling, enabling and loving them, stripping away the bitterness and hurt I’ve accumulated in life.

            I enjoy reading more than just about any other hobby and I am constantly reading Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen was one of the best writers of all time and I absolutely adore her writing. The subject matter, eloquence, imagery, complexity of relationships and time-period customs, underlying romantic tensions- I love it all! I also love to dance (I was in Prof. Dixon’s program for several semesters), tumble and cheer, I blog and have a small following of a group of people I do not know on various matters like fashion, cooking, college life, and such. I have tried just about every sport and hobby at least once and value versatility.

            As far as nature goes, I love to sail, hike, creek, climb waterfalls, kayak, canoe, and just about anything else. One of the highlights of my life was hiking sixteen miles of the Appalachian Trail, barefoot and in the rain. I do not have any interaction other than experience, but both my brother and my god-brother earned their Bachelor’s degrees in Outdoor Recreation Education.