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mily Losey didn’t have a typical
American childhood. As a
missionary kid (MK) in Pakistan, she
fondly remembers afternoons playing
cricket with her siblings and her friends,
swimming in rivers on warm days, and
sledding down glaciers in northern
Pakistan.
“My parents were doing literacy work
in Pakistan,” Losey explained. “They
ran schools for nomadic kids, so I kind
of grew up as part of this tribe in the
mountains.”
Throughout her childhood, Losey knew
several CIU alumni who were serving as
missionaries near her family. When CIU
Chancellor Dr. George Murray came to
speak at a conference she was attending,
she felt the Lord leading her to CIU.
“Ever since [the conference] it’s kind of
been my plan to come here,” Losey said.
“I just always felt like God was leading
me here since then.”
Though Losey loves Pakistan, her
time there was not without
difficulty. In October 2005,
a terrible earthquake in
northern Pakistan killed
many of the people she
knew. While her family
helped with relief work,
God was doing a
mighty work in Losey’s
heart.
“That was when
I first met God,
was seeing how
he could be
good even when
things were so
horrible,” she
said. “My faith
was first built on
that foundation,
having to lean
on Him when
everything was unsteady around me.”
Years later, Losey’s world was rocked
again: her brother’s heart was failing, and
he needed immediate medical attention.
The family moved back to the United
States within 24 hours of receiving the
news. Her brother was quickly stabilized,
but the family was unable to return to
Pakistan.
“I kind of felt like my life was over at that
point, and there was nothing left that I
wanted to be part of,” Losey said.
Losey attended her last two years of high
school in Denver. Though her life there
was much different than what she was
used to, God helped fill the void in her
life with high school soccer.
“[I saw] God’s faithfulness in the next two
years and how he still watched out for
me. It’s been amazing.”
Now Losey plays midfielder for the CIU
Lady Rams soccer team.
“I haven’t been playing very long, and
I’m pretty far behind where the other girls
are at [on the CIU team], but everyone is
really accepting and really encouraging
on the team,” Losey said.
Losey is majoring in Intercultural Studies
with hopes of returning to the Muslim
world to do ministry there. As she begins
her time at CIU, she looks forward to
learning more about God’s Word, making
new friends, and being trained for future
ministry.
“It’s inspiring to talk to people here,”
she said. “That’s what I’m most excited
about, finding those people who will be
lifetime friends.”
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