My name is Elizabeth Marie Stoker, but I go by Beth. My parents are missionaries with the Evangelical Covenant Church. I was born in Zaire (Central Africa), but when I was in second grade we had to evacuate from there because of a civil war. Since fourth grade, I have lived in Yaounde, Cameroon (also Central Africa), and I now consider that to be my home. It is the place that I know the best and love the most, and it is a huge part of me!
Another important part of who I am is my family:) I am a middle child (in between to brothers) and my parents are both teachers. My mom is a science teacher and my dad is an economics teacher, although he is primarily an accountant. I love my family very much and they have taught me a lot through the years. I know that without my parents' love and support I would not be where I am today.
My interests include singing, playing board games, playing card games, listening to music, talking with friends, playing sports (especially volleyball and tennis), watching sports (especially baseball, soccer, and tennis), and watching TV (something I try to avoid but I really do enjoy). I like most music other than rap and heavy metal, my favorite games are Risk, Settlers, Star Munchkin, Pass the Pigs, Hearts, Hand and Foot, Rook, Poker, and Liverpool Rummi, my favorite soccer team is the Cameroon national team (the indominable lions), and my baseball team is the San Diego Padres!
The last huge component of who I am is my faith in God. Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord and it is my bigges desire to serve and honor Him with my life. I pray that everything I do will be pleasing to Him and that every day that I live will draw me closer to Him. Without God my life has no meaning, and so He really is the core of who I am. When asked who I am, I hope that the easy answer is that I am a Christian.
About Me
- Elizabeth Stoker
- I'm a Third Culture Kid, a lover of culture, and a follower of Christ. I grew up as a missionary kid in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroun, lived in Southern California for six years, and moved to Taichung, Taiwan in July 2013 to work at Morrison Academy as a dorm assistant for at least two years. I'm not sure where God will take me in the future, but I am enjoying the ride and thankful for the opportunity to live, work, and just BE wherever it is that God wants me to. My life is nothing incredibly interesting, but hopefully it is a testament to the power and love of God. Here it is for you to see!
2 comments:
thanks beth! scratch all of my questioning thoughts about this blog-thing before! this is cool! i can't wait to learn more about you!!!
Wow!!! that really is who you are! You describes yourself really well!!! Good way to put it. I hope there is more coming :-) You seem to know yourself fairly well! I also thought you might want to put in something about how you love helping people out of there problems. You did pretty much sum up who you are though. oh, and there was like a typo or two in there so i don't know if you can go and correct it but i hope you can. so yeah. cool :-) and yes, I do think you are a Christian :-)
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