Candidate Justine Presley

I was raised in Augusta Georgia, and I have worked as a Medical Technologist in hospital laboratories for the last 17 years. I am 46 years old, and I have always felt like I had a vocation. But like most people…I ran. As Jonah fled from God’s call to preach to Nineveh, I also ran from God’s call to me to dedicate myself to His Service.

I went through my rebellious angry time when I was not happy with the world let alone myself. Then one day I picked up my Bible and the first passage I read was 1 Kings 19:11-13 and the verse “…after the fire there was a tiny whispering sound.” And I realized at that moment that God was not in the world but in the breath behind the world as I knew it. And I started listening for His whisper.

And my feet were on the road to redemption and salvation. I have hit many a pot hole and have lost my way a time or two, but always The Shepherd was there for me. God had to frequently drop everything to come and direct me back to the right path. I am a loved sinner.

Along the way I have met some remarkable people. And through my sister, Sr. Darlene Presley, I came to know the Glenmary Home Mission Sisters. I have come to love these amazing Glenmarians over the years. And it did not take long for me to hear what God was telling me in that whisper, that I could have the faith to leave all and follow Him.