Hi, my name’s Adrianne and I’m a sophomore here at UCD. Now Davis was not my first choice; I came here because it was college in either sunny California or the freezing part of the Pacific Northwest. I accepted Davis sight unseen and I loved it.
You might say “oh coincidence” and I thought it was just a lucky fluke at first too. But then I looked around and I saw it wasn’t random chance, it was God.
I came down here expecting to regret my choice – and I fell in love with the campus and town. I’d been disillusioned by three different youth groups in the past and I didn’t want to get too involved in a church and especially not with any Christian college group. While I hadn’t completely abandoned my faith in Christ, I was straying toward the edge. I didn’t think any joy could come of serving God with others. I was proved utterly and completely wrong.
I literally “stumbled” into Grace Alive!. All I did was to doubtingly think – “well if God wants me to go there he’ll show me a sign.” And there before me was an actual sign for Grace Alive!. I went, expecting the event to be over, but it wasn’t. I liked the event, it

During my sophomore year of high school, in 2002, I met a girl from Grace Valley Christian Center whose consistent, uncompromised faith in God permeated her actions. I did not grow up with any religious background, but I thought to myself, "This girl really lives as if there was a true God in heaven or something..." Her actions spoke so loudly to me that I wondered if Christianity could be real. My friend invited me to attend high school group events at Grace Valley that year and I was continually received with warm and loving attitudes by her church friends and leaders.
In December 2003, at another high school group social, I opened myself up to having a conversation about Christianity with one of the high school group leaders. Little did I know, God was working in my heart, and I told the leader that I was "looking for something in life." I didn't know if that something was God, a better goal in life, or just working harder in school, but I was definitely not satisfied with my material happiness. The high school group leader began to share with me that Jesus Christ was a real man

I am a freshman at UC Davis and a member of Grace Alive. I want to give glory to God by testifying to how he worked in my life.
Growing up I was taught the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is to repent and believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I did what my parents told me and believed. But this was not true faith. I called myself a Christian and said all the right words, not because I truly put my trust in Christ and gave my life to him, but because I didn't want my parents on my back all the time. The older I got the more this became true. My heart attitude began to come out as I doubted my faith.
The truth was I had a problem with authority. If Christ was truly my Savior then he must also be my Lord. This means that I am to commit my life to him, to serve him and do his will. This means I cannot do my will and that bothered me. In my heart I wanted to do my own thing, to live life the way I pleased not the way God wanted me to live. I