Teammate Spotlight: Sarah E. Beaver

- Role: Team Leader

- Resides in: Erie, PA

- Birthday: November 4th

- Before NET: Graduated from Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH with a degree in Teaching.

- First Encounter: A meal during Camp Wapo, knew her as the girl that led the Hail Mary's before entering Crossfire for Team Announcement Night.

- Initial Thoughts: Lots of energy and excitement, may be too much craziness for me even!

- Favorite Memory: Many memories stick out to me, but they all have a common theme: they came on retreats off together. We had three of those, and typically you get lucky to even have one with the same person as you try and rotate the people around. But every single one was extremely enjoyable and even more fruitful, from serious talks at Barnes & Noble, to breakfast at IHOP, to Fedex runs, to chilling at Starbucks. No question I cherished those days with her.

- What I will miss: Team prayers with her. Whenever she leads team prayer, she pushes us to give it all up to God while we praise, especially after hard retreats or days we simply don't want to. She makes us better people through it, we learn a little more about ourselves through her leading, and there's no question I am closer to God because of it. Even when she doesn't lead, she fearlessly sings praise to the Lord, and it's beautiful and motivating.

- What the world should know about Sarah: Well first, she loves pineapples and bananas. But secondly, she loves NET. Not just the organization itself, but everyone who is involved in NET, from staff members, teammates, retreatants, even host homes and retreat contact people. She taught me that love is a choice, and inspired by the Lord and NET, she chose love every single moment. And if you got to know her, you can feel her passion and zeal for life, and it's beautiful.

To Sarah,

Thank you for being an amazing sister to me, for making me a better man, and leading this team to God's victory everyday. You pushed yourself as much as you pushed us, and I am so grateful for your commitment to me and the team this year. I am excited to see what you do in this same position next year, and cannot wait to hear about your second year of adventures! Love you.