This past year, I had to make a decision that would change my life forever, which was transferring schools. Through this, it changed me and how I looked at life as a person. There was ups and downs during this experience, but I do not regret it at all. I embodied the gift of faithfulness because I always had faith in God’s plan for me.

Before I came to my new school, I had one of the worst years of my life. I was in a very depressed state because of my old school, so my parents told me they wanted me to look at other schools. At first, I told them no because I didn’t want to leave all of my friends behind but then I thought about it for a while and decided to take a tour. It was a complete culture shock to me because it’s four times bigger than my old school and it was all girls. When I first walked into the building, I felt very comfortable, which is weird for me because I hate new things. I walked around the school and was in awe after seeing how much it had to offer. After the tour, I remember getting in my moms car and telling my parents “Why didn’t y’all send me here in eighth grade?”. My parents and I talked about it for a long time and I decided I wanted to switch schools. I knew it was going to be hard going to a new school where I didn’t know a single person, but I had faith that I was going to be in the exact place where I needed to be.

Summer ended and it was the first day at my new school. I’m not intimidated by much, but walking into school on the first day was the most intimidating thing I’ve ever experienced. I was feeling so many emotions at once, like being scared to death and excited at the same time, and it was very overwhelming. When I walked into each classroom, the only thing people did was stare at me, which is the number one way to make me uncomfortable. When my mom picked me up from school and I was trying to fight back tears. We were going to go eat with my dad at Pho Orchid because it’s our favorite restaurant, but as soon as she asked me how my first day was I started sobbing. I cried the whole way home and didn’t say one word to my parents. I laid in bed thinking “This was the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life”. It was so hard for me to wake up every morning and go to a school where I didn’t know a single person, but I kept faith in God’s plan for me. Every morning when I woke up I would tell myself “It’s going to get better.”, and it did. After about a month of having no friends, I made two of the best friends I could have ever asked for. Since then, I have made so many good friends here and I am so thankful that I decided to transfer.

Without faithfulness, I don’t think I could have gotten through this. It helped me to keep moving forward because at times, I really wanted to quit. Transferring schools changed how I look at life because I learned that new things may be scary, but sometimes a change will put you in the exact place you were meant to be. I completely changed from the most negative person to the happiest I’ve ever been, and it’s all because I stayed faithful through this whole experience.