Meet Grace...
Hi! My name is Grace Morgan, and I am a freshman majoring in Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan. Prior to coming to college, I spent a lot of time praying about finding a home church. Not only did I want to find a great church, but also I wanted to find a community of people that would know my name, pray for me, and give me some accountability. I didn’t want a big church where it would be easy for me to slip in and out and go completely unnoticed. I wanted to get involved. When I got to school, I quickly met the other three Christians in my department, and they introduced me to H2O. I automatically knew that this was where the Lord wanted me to be. Pastor Nino and Tammy were so welcoming to me, and I really felt like they genuinely cared about all of the students they came in contact with.
“The trip just solidified my friendships with the people in the church, and I really felt like this was my own big family.”
After a few months at H20, I signed up for the Spring Break mission trip! Tammy had also decided to take the trip, which was so exciting to me. I knew that she and I were going to get close at some point during my next four years, but I wasn’t sure how fast it would happen. After I heard she was going to go on the trip, I knew this was going to be an opportunity to get to know each other in a way that was completely facilitated by the Lord’s plan for us. The trip just solidified my friendships with the people in the church, and I really felt like this was my own big family. Tammy and I would stay up and talk for literally hours after we should have been asleep. She was such an inspiration to me, and I cannot wait for that friendship to deepen over the next three years I have with her.
What a rare experience it is to have a pastor who talks about you at his dinner table with his family! I feel so loved by the two of them, and I feel honored to be led by Pastor Nino’s sermons and lessons. I have grown more in Christ than ever before this year, and I have the Lord to thank for placing me in the hands of Nino and Tammy. Before college, my relationship with God was a very surface-level need-based desire for his companionship because I knew I needed his compassion and mercy to save my sinful self. Now my relationship is so much more emotional than simply a Savior. Not only is he my Savior, but also he is my friend, my KING, and my Comforter. He has taught me so much this year through his constant provision in my life. Thanks be to GOD!