Intern Jeannie Bae: From a Skateboard Crash to the Nations

"I don't know how I missed the gospel so many times. I don't know how I missed what love truly is so many times," Jeannie said. "But Jesus got me, I thought He was ruining my life with that accident. But He saved me."

Just two weeks into her first semester of college, Jeannie suffered a major skateboarding accident that landed her in the emergency room and forced her to leave school.

One day after church, Jeannie's friends offered to drive her home, but she declined. She had recently started skateboarding and felt confident she could make it home.

Along the way, she reached a hill that would provide a quicker route. Although she had never tried skating down such a large hill, she became self-confident and decided to go for it.

As she accelerated, her skateboard wheels started to wobble. She tried to push through her fear and focus on her footing, but she didn't realize what was in front of her. Suddenly, she realized that she was heading straight towards a T-intersection.

Jeannie had a choice: jump off the skateboard or take the impact from the incoming tree.

Jeannie jumped.

Her head slammed into the gravel, and she was rushed into the emergency room.

"I've never had a head injury before," Jeannie said. "This was the worst injury in my life. There was a lot of fear and a lot of blood."

When a neurologist evaluated her condition, he advised her to leave college and return home to recover.

As her dreams crumbled, Jeannie found herself back home, spending the next year frustrated with her circumstances and with God.

"How could He allow me to get into an accident and literally split my head open?" Jeannie said. "All I've done is go to church diligently and serve diligently. I was just really angry."

Although Jeannie had grown up in a Christian home, regularly attended church, and served in missions, she lacked a genuine, personal relationship with Jesus.

When she finally returned to college for her sophomore year, she experienced multiple traumatic accidents that sent her back home, weak and dependent on others. Yet, in her brokenness, her self-confidence gave way to a humble honesty with Christ. She discovered that her compassionate Shepherd was all she truly needed.

Jeannie spent the next four years at home, letting her body recover. While others believed her life had come to a standstill, God was quietly growing her roots deeper.

After nearly 1,400 days of recovery, Jeannie is healthy, active, and serving as one of OneWay's 50 summer interns!

Before joining OneWay, Jeannie wondered how Prayercast could truly mobilize millions of believers to pray.

Then she watched a Prayercast video about India.

God used that video to give her a burden for the nations. Praise Jesus that prayer changes the world, and it changes us!

Today, Jeannie works on OneWay's Prayercast team, helping ignite the global Church to pray for the nations.

Thank you for coming alongside young adults like Jeannie through your prayers and generous support. What a thrill to help mobilize the next generation for Christ together!

We are around 58% funded for this summer's work. Together, we can fully fund and activate this rising generation for Christ!

Here is how you can help:

• $670 covers the full cost of an intern’s training, housing, and discipleship for one week.

• $300 helps update one Prayercast video

• $100 fuels one day of interns reaching out to people around the world



Thank you for helping young adults reach multitudes for Christ. May the earth be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea!

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