Hey yall 

My name is Scottie and I am one of your leaders to Africa.  I am so excited about this trip and getting to know each of you better.  In only one short month we be meeting each other in Atlanta and on the way to a trip of a lifetime.

So I guess I should tell you a few fun facts about myself so you will know who you are gonna be living with.   I was born and raised in Memphis, TN and I am still close with my family.  I have one older brother who has a wife and a beautiful daughter whom I absolutely adore! They live here in Memphis with a lot of my extended family still which is nice to be able to see them all the time. 

I graduated from Mississippi State University in 2007 with a degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology with the intention of going to physical therapy school.  After I graduated I moved back home and started working but just didnt feel like going back to grad school was right for me at the time.  I worked with my youth group at the church I grew up in for a couple of years before I ended up leaving for The World Race in 2009.  It was the best choice I ever made and it completely altered my life in way that I couldn't have ever imagined. 

Gathering water from a river in Swaziland

After the World Race I came back to Memphis and worked with my youth group again until I left to lead a Real Life/ Passport trip this past summer to the Amazon Jungle in Peru with AIM.  Those 2 months taught me more than I thought they ever could.  And now I have the honor of leading yall back to Africa for 4 months.  It brings me so much joy!!

I have been to almost 20 different countries and every livable continent except Australia.  I have killed a black mamba and other snakes, a goat, a cayman (well I helped with it), countless tarantulas and jungle rats.  There are so many stories of mine to tell and so many stories of yours that I want to hear.  Looking forward to it all.

Kissing a live anaconda in the Amazon Jungle