About me

Hi my name is Melinda Erickson. I’m 20 years old.  I am the second oldest of a family of nine. I have been working on my walk of faith for a little while now. I’m born and raised as a nondenominational Christian. My whole life I’ve gone to church and studied the word. As I grew up, I’ve struggled a little bit with my faith. A lot has happened in my life that I’ve struggled with understanding.  I can’t say it has been all easy for me. November of 2019 I was on my way home from seeing family over thanksgiving weekend. I had a tragic accident, I truly felt  I was going to loose my life that night. I was originally on my way home of a 2 hour trip and only had 30 minutes left to drive. The weather got very bad, causing the road to get slick my car had only sports tires on it and I slipped on black ice I lost complete control of my car, completely spinning a 180 on the highway I went off the road hitting the side of a mound at about 60mph. With the speed and impact of my car it rolled 2 to 3 times fully. Every day since, I’m so thankful for my life, because I truly didn’t think I was going to make it out alive.  I’ve been trying to focus on the things I’m doing in my life that were good and bad for me. I felt a need of change and growth spiritually. I went to Wind River Ranch for the summer of 2020. That I can honestly say, changed my life in so many ways I never saw coming. I grew so many friend relationships and grew my faith tremendously because I will admit I wasn’t in a good place at all. I strayed really hard. I feel that this is the path God is telling me to take.  I felt guided to do this missions trip that I’m trying to fundraise money for, its called the World Race Gap Year. I will be going on this trip for 9 months starting September 2021- May 2022. I have been praying for God to open doors for me to help make this happen for me.  Throughout these 9 months I will mature my faith in a very good but hard way. I’m  not sure everything this will involve, but I’m planning to go with my closest friend that I meant at the ranch over the summer. We will be in Guatemala, Cambodia, and Eswatini. We are going to be helping at the orphanages with little kids. I know it is going to be a very hard step out of my comfort zone, but I’ve always wanted to help those in need. I hope and pray I can make this happen any little amount helps and lots of prayers are much appreciated. Thank you!