Back during PST I had joked that our PC motto should be the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Disney’s Mulan.
And while I still believe that song is incredibly fitting – especially after seeing how much more difficult it is to be a woman in this country than it is to be a man – I have since stumbled upon a more fitting motto.
It was actually the title to one of my pastor’s old sermons. It came from a missionary in the early 1900s named William Borden who gave up his inheritance and traveled the world spreading the gospel. After his death, they found these words written in his bible:
And while I’m definitely not a missionary – I’m just a girl who moved to Ethiopia hoping she could make a difference – these six words will stay with me for these next two years.
Abroad With Ashley 