Well first things first, my name is Anaya Hunter and I am 21 years old (as of right now). I’m currently taking a gap year in Carrolton Georgia after 2 years of playing college soccer. I am a 9th grade life-group leader and volunteer for my local church! Though all of that information is super fun to know and maybe there’s more you want to know (my favorite color is red) but this post isn’t about me. I titled this post “Who am I?” because there’s a simple answer. I am a child of God. I told you it was a simple answer but I didn’t find this answer easily. I love sharing my testimony and I wish I could fit every detail into a small blog post but truthfully I rather tell you face to face. I do however wanna give you “trailer” (as I like to call it) of my testimony. I come from a single mother household so growing up “father” wasn’t a word I was very fond of. My father came in and out of my life all the way until I was 11 when he went to jail. I state this because its a big part of my hurt and pain that crossed-over with other things. I was also a athlete (soccer, track and I even did cheerleading when I was little but that didn’t last long since I was a tomboy). Being an athlete comes with a-lot of stress sometimes. The drive to be prefect made me lose passion at a young age but I kept up with it until college because it was all I knew. I even tried acting for a bit and here’s a little secret: I still love it and its “that job” you know (the one thing you’d want to be if you had a choice). I know these things don’t sound bad but that’s the way I wanted it to be. See when I was 10/11 I started experiencing depression and anxiety for the first real time. I remember the day exactly when everything fell to pieces. I think about that day a-lot because its one of my lowest points in my life where I felt no hope and no love. I still have depression and anxiety but its completely different now. Throughout my life, I experienced suicidal thoughts, self-harm, alcohol-abuse, smoking, highs and lows, mental abuse and so much more. I was lost, scared, beaten, and I felt forgotten. I felt this way for a long time honestly and it didn’t change until I found Christ in February 2020 (a great year to find Christ). I came to the understanding that I wasn’t forgotten or unloved or hopeless.. I wasn’t even an athlete, or an A-B student or an Artist/writer. I was a child of the utmost heavenly Father. Meaning that no matter what job, status, degree or not degree, race, gender, title or etc. my life isn’t based off of this world. I am not saying I am perfect or life is easy now; what i’m actually saying is it just got 10 times harder. I use to live for nothing and sometimes not even wanting to live. Now, I live for something and even when I start slipping into my mind, I’m reminded of who I am.
I hope my story helps you understand a bit more of who I am and what I believe. I can’t mention everything on here but I would love to talk more personally with you! Thank you for taking your time to read and if you feel God tugging at your heart to donate or support in anyway (prayer, events, even sharing) feel free to send me a email or contact me on my socials listed below! If theres anything you need prayer on comment below so us, as a community can pray for you! Sending Love <3
socials:
Instagram @its.anaya
Email [email protected]
