My mother was always the most pro-active person
I knew, she loved to home school and make everything enjoyable for my eight
brothers and sister and myself. Things as I remember them were perfect. Not
long after my sixth birthday my mother was diagnosed with inflammatory breast
cancer. As I know now this was almost impossible to fight when it is caught in
stage four of breast cancer. But then it seemed to be a bump in the road; my mom
didn't dwell on what was happening to her. She always said to me, that she was
getting better, and I believed her. Up until a few months before her death we
went to live in a clinic in Mexico, again this was going to heal her and nobody
gave me a doubt. About half of our family had to head back home for school and
what not, including myself. She would send me pictures she drew for me, and
letters she wrote. I was seven years old and waiting for her arrival, when one
day my world changed. I woke up one morning and something didn't feel right, I
was my family all crying in my family room. Before they said a word even as a
young child I knew she was gone.

As my life went on, it went on slowly and
painfully. My father re married, unfortunately he did not know this woman well,
and she was a drug addict. It seemed as though the struggle would never end. An
age when nothing seems right in general I was very lost and confused, I was
breaking down from the inside out. I was and always have been raised and very
involved in the church, but I always thought of the church as a place where I
can help out and not a place to lean on myself. It seemed like my world was crashing until someone found me
when I was thirteen, the youth pastors wife saw me as mature and invited me to
be in involved with the high school group a year early. I went

on a missions trip to
Holland with my youth group and taught evangelism Explosion. I got very active
in my church and volunteered whenever and wherever they needed me, I always had
a heart for helping those in need. God had found me when I needed him most.
Although the circumstances in my life haven't changed, and I still have many
struggles, whenever I lose my way I always know whom to turn to. Since this
missions trip that changed my life and I have found a place where I can help
those in need I now dedicate each summer giving myself in service and going on
them. I have also been on a mission's trip to: Johannesburg and Cape Town,
South Africa; Thailand and Malaysia, Asia. My mission's trip to Africa was a
beautiful experience to me, it was eye opening to see the poverty and hurt they
are going through. I am excited to meet all of you but I have to say I am more
excited to serve in this amazing way! There is a special place in heart that
reaches out to children, especially ones that have no mother or father, I grew
up having no mother so imagining their pain makes me watch to reach out to them
and show them the love, compassion and support they truly deserve.

Sorry that my Bio is
so long but I hope it helps you learn a little more about me. Some useless
facts about me are that, I am a Senior in high school. I am a HUGE Florida
State Seminoles fan. And I have a Facebook, so find me: Diana Mason.