My name is Elijah Townsend and I have participated in the Ottawa Hills Ambassador Club for the past three years.  I joined the Ambassador Club because I believed that GRIL could help me to become a confident leader, and I also liked the fact that it is a Christian organization. 

By being in the Ambassador Club, I gained confidence and learned how to look inside of myself to learn my strengths and weaknesses. I learned how to get focused in a Godly way.  If you look at something in a worldly way it can steer you away from your goal.

My mission statement is “being kind and loving God.”  That’s it, it’s pretty simple.  I thought about changing it but that is what I want my life to be about, being kind to people and loving God.  He has shown me that if I trust in Him, He will handle the rest!