My Story

Here’s a little information about me 🙂

I am a 33 year old single missionary from the beautiful Kansas City, Missouri. I was raised in a Christian home and taught all of the Sunday school Bible stories from a young age. Despite all of that, I didn’t really get it. I told myself I believed it; that Jesus had to die to save us and that He was the only way to heaven, but in my heart it didn’t make complete sense. Why couldn’t an all powerful God just say we were saved and be done with it… why this strange method of sending His son to die? Was it just a whim He suddenly had? So instead of being truly committed and actually trusting Him, I went through the motions hoping that my heart would catch up eventually, and I would really be convinced.

It wasn’t until I was 18 years old that I finally came face to face with God. Sitting in a Christian college in Hannibal, Missouri, I heard a sermon tying the Old Testament sacrifices to Jesus being the lamb of God, and I got it. The light bulb went on and practically blinded me… of course Jesus had to die. God is just and can’t just declare us righteous, the perfect sacrifice had to be made to pay the penalty for my sins. And only through Jesus paying that penalty and having victory over death could I be saved. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

That changed my life completely. God called me into the ministry (which I strongly fought against for a good year) and I, when I finally gave in, never looked back. It took many years of the Lord training and molding me, but four years ago I finally quit my day job, dropped everything, and left on the World Race (read about it at christianagunn.theworldrace.org), a mission trip that is 11 countries in 11 months… I have now been to 17 countries across three continents and throughout it all, the Lord has been there, leading and guiding me.

What’s next, you might ask? Well, for many years now I have known I was called to Europe, and I am beyond excited to say that the Lord is finally sending me! Italy is the first place He put on my heart, and is where I believe I am meant to end up, however, the first stop is going to be Romania. I have been asked by the Long-term staff with Adventures in Missions to work with our long-term ministry partner there Hope Church, doing administration and logistics for incoming mission teams ranging from around 10 days to several months, and whatever else the Lord leads me to do. Hope Church is an amazing local ministry/church that has many ministries through the city of Dragonesti and neighboring villages, all run by local Romanian couples and missionaries. You can read more about them at hoperomania.org.

I can’t wait to follow the Lord in obedience to Romania, and to

As a fully faith-supported missionary, all of the 

necessary funds must be raised before I can leave for the field.  If the Lord is placing it on your heart to support this ministry He has called me to, or if you would like more information, go to my Support Me page for more information.

 

Also, for general information about Adventures in Missions, such as our mission statement, please go to adventures.org/about.