Olivia Hemmelgarn

Why I became an SPO Missionary

When I was 23, I encountered God's mercy and love personally and powerfully. He spoke healing over places in my life that felt broken, and He spoke promises of goodness in places that felt hopeless. This encounter with the living God changed my life interiorly, and He invited me to more - to surrender my plans and follow Him. At God’s invitation, I serve as an SPO Missionary so that other young men and women might encounter the living God, know His love and mercy, and experience the joy and freedom that accompany a life lived fully with and for Him.

Favorite Scripture verse

"Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord."

- Philippians 3:8

Hometown

Maria Stein, OH