Walton International Scholarship

The Walton International Scholarship program is a blessing in the life of every single person that has it. First of all, WISP is a program that gives scholarship to people from Central America and Mexico so that outstanding students can attend one of the three Christian colleges in Arkansas: John Brown University, University of the Ozarks, and Harding University. The students attend the four years of college then they have to go back to their countries and stay there for unless four years.

My Story:

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” (ESV Jere. 33:3)

Since I was in my second year of high school, a crazy idea came to my mind: Study in the United States of America. It was an insane idea

I was super nervous because my dream depended on this interview. If I happened to pass that interview, I was going to have another interview with the WISP directors, which also made me more nervous. I did not give my best in that interview because I was astonished by the amount of questions they asked. They called me for a second interview, and this time was with the directors. I did my best in this one, and I talked like crazy. I am sure they were exhausted of listening.

On December 24, 2015 at 3:36 pm Mr. Ronald Johnson, director of the Walton Scholarship at John Brown University, called me to notify me that I had won a Walton Scholarship for JBU!!!!!!

I was super happy, and words could not express my excitement and happiness. I remember I cried and yelled. My neighbors thought that I had an accident. That day, I prayed to God because he was who gave this scholarship, and my church came to my house to have a worship night.

My Experiences at JBU so far:

Studying at JBU is not that easy. College by itself is not easy. I have to study hard because English is not my first language, and I struggle a lot when writing. I still have many mistakes when I speak, and I have to presentations for some classes. All this has not made gave in