Alex is a first year Discipleship intern. He’s known for his witty puns and dad jokes, but that doesn’t define him entirely: in fact, he enjoys long walks on the beach and eating cereal for every meal. Alex is still taking classes to finish up his degree in International Affairs, so catch him on North Campus whenever he’s not jamming to Jesus tunes at Wesley!

Alexis is a recently graduated, young non-professional. She believes that all dogs are good boys and every person is uniquely amazing. Come find her if you need a hug, a John Mulaney quote, or a reminder that you are more than enough.

Amelia is a first year intern on Encounter. She is graduating in December with a degree in Human Development and Family Science. She is an avid lover of coffee, candles, and people stepping into who God has created them to be. In her free time you can catch her driving with her windows down, listening to podcasts, or petting the nearest dog.

Austin is a first year Connect and Youth Intern. He is a native of Cumming, GA and is a recent UGA graduate with degrees in Sport Management and Finance. He is an avid lover of all things Dawgs and Atlanta sports. If you’re ever looking for him, he’s probably either playing outside or curled up with a good book, and his love languages are ice cream and Cookout milkshakes.

Avery is a first year intern who is passionate about leadership development, and eating pineapple on pizza. After a brief acting career (it was one time when he was 8 years old) on a TLC reality TV show, he decided to attend UGA where he studied Advertising and Religion. His hopes while interning are to gain experience in vocational ministry and he is excited to see what God continues to do in Athens, GA.

Benjamin recently graduated from UGA with a degree in Business Management and will be working with Missions and Encounter this year. He feels like you can tell all you need to know about a person from their top five movie list. 

His top 5: 

1. 10 Things I Hate About You

2. About Time

3. Crazy Stupid Love

4. Baby Driver

5. Interstellar

Bonnie is a first year Prayer intern. She graduated this past May with a degree in Health and Physical Education. GO DAWGS! Bonnie is passionate about knowing and loving people in the middle of their mess. Her guilty pleasure is watching the Bachelor, the Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise with friends. Don't hate! She desires to live everyday in the 4th quarter and leave the world a better place than it was when she got here. If you see her around, come say hello! She loves you already!

Brooke is a first year CrossTrainers intern who is passionate about people experiencing the power of God's truth in their lives. People on CrossTrainers often refer to her as, “Brooks”, and she secretly loves it. Her love languages are acts of service and quality time, especially if the time passed involves riding horses or fishing. She is finishing her Human Development degree from UGA and wants to pursue a career as an adoption counselor (ask her about the movie Lion, but be ready to listen and watch the movie after). If you see her staring off into the distance, she’s probably thinking of witty jokes and making herself laugh.

Cristina is a first year outreach and Sparrow's Nest intern. She recently graduated with a criminal justice degree with a minor in religion. She is passionate about seeing students walk into their identities as children of God and hopes to one day work with an inner city ministry to combine her passion of justice with her desire to see people encounter God. The easiest way to get to know her is ask her to coffee (she's obsessed!!), and she loves knowing people above anything else. She passionately and full-heartedly believes the best is always yet to come.

Daniel Pelham is a prayer intern from the small town of Fitzgerald Georgia. Aspiring Dad comedian. Lebron James>Michael Jordan. Is scared of heights, but has been skydiving twice. Started a solar power flashlight company that failed miserably. For future investment opportunities contact me!

Emily is a first year Sparrow's Nest and Prayer Intern. She recently received her degree in Human Development and Family Science, and loves to simply sit with people and uncover the depths of their heart. She is passionate about truth, justice, and seeing people fully embrace freedom with the Father. You'll normally find her a Jit Joe's or Earth Fare in Five Points. If not writing, reading, or meeting with people, she is probably somewhere in the thick of God's creation taking it all in!

Emma is finishing up her degree in Human Development and Family Science and will (finally) be graduating this May!! She thrives off coffee, and her love languages involve snail mail, printed pictures, speaking Spanish, and any book she can get her hands on. She's an introvert at heart but loves getting to know anyone and everyone that comes to talk to her - whenever you're at Wesley, come find her!

Hannah is a first-year Freshley communications intern from Monroe, Georgia. On an average day, you can find her laughing on Twitter, playing/coaching volleyball, or spending time with friends, all with a Chick-fil-A cup in hand. On an above average day, you can find her exploring a new city or restaurant spot, watching a beautiful sunset and/or spending time with friends. On a pretty much perfect day, you can find her at her fav coffee shop either having quiet time or spending time with friends. She's really into spending time with friends.

Hannah is a first year connect intern finishing up her last semester as a pre-nursing biology major at UGA. She could talk forever about scuba diving, national parks, conspiracy theories, coral reefs, and exactly how frosted mini wheats make up a balanced diet. Her bucket list is to one day hike the narrows at Zion and to drink tea on a rooftop in Israel with people she loves. Her dream is to become a pediatric nurse and to at some point do medical missions, but right now she can't wait for this year in Athens. Wesley is both where she was baptized and where she first encountered God, so it holds an enormous place in her heart.

Jessica is a first year Worship intern finishing her Advertising degree (fingers crossed graduating in May 2019). A few of her favorite things are taking long walks, jam sessions, playing volleyball and traveling! Her favorite country that she has visited is Iceland (ask her about it). This year she is expectant to see God move on campus and see students step into new freedom with Him.

Kaitlin is a first year Discipleship intern. She graduated from UGA with a degree in Computer Science, but her passion is for people. Her sweet spot is the intersection of people and technology, so she is working on the Wesley Discipleship App. She wears a mana-tshirt (tshirt with a manatee on it) on Mondays, and her dream is that others would join her!

Kate recently graduated from UGA with a degree in Psychology. Her perfect day would be a rainy day, a full Harry Potter marathon with sweet friends, tons of junk food & random dance breaks. She’s honored to work at Wesley & be a part of the ministry that changed her life. Kate’s most excited to walk with others in discovering their God-given identity and freedom in Christ.

Katherine (aka KB aka Kathy Rose) is a first year Freshley connect intern. She just graduated from uga with her masters of early childhood education, hoping to teach some munchkins in the future. KB loves to love people, and lives to call out their potential as sons and daughters of God. A few of her love languages are sunsets, chocolate chip brownies, and fuego flavored takis.

fun fact: when she was 12, she fasted for justin bieber and miley cyrus to know the Lord
word to describe herself: heliophile
favorite scar: from a trashcan/mirror incident
bible biology: laminin!!!!!

Katherine is a first year Connect intern. She loves all outdoor activities, sports, photography, and hugs. She has a bad case of the travel bug and a weird obsession with trees and goats. In her free time, she likes to dream about ski slopes, listen to live music, and feature in raps with Sony Michel. If you can’t find her, it’s very possible that she ran away to the airport and forgot to tell anyone. 

Katie Pilson is a first year Connect + Encounter intern. Katie recently received a degree in Public Relations from UGA. Though always joyful because of Christ’s love, her spirit is most filled whilst eating chips and salsa among friends or wandering through the aisles of a bookstore. Katie’s biggest hopes for the year are that those around her will experience freedom from burdens they are not meant to hold and plans to explore learning the ukulele in her free time. 

Kennedy is a first year Media intern. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018 with a degree in Entertainment & Media Studies. She loves a good meal with good company, going to the movies alone and daydreaming. If you're in the mood to explore a cool bookstore, she's your gal.

Kourtney Axelberg is a first year Media intern. She almost has a degree in graphic design, and she loves to dance :) 

Macie is a first year freshley intern that just graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Public Relations. When she’s not spending time with her favorite people, she’s probably working out or looking for the next spontaneous adventure. Things that bring her the most joy are her family, ice cream, traveling, nature, and jamming out to Taylor swift in her car. Her words to live by are “Make the most of every opportunity”. 

Madeline Current is a first year media and youth intern. She graduated from UGA with a degree in Entertainment & Media Studies and Religion. She is a connoisseur of all things flamin’ hot, is always down for a corndog, and was once told “See you tomorrow” by a cashier at Cook Out.

Mary Cate is a first year encounter and connect intern who just graduated with an animal science degree with an equine emphasis (so basically she never grew out of the horse girl phase) *heart emoji* *heart emoji* *horse emoji**crying emoji* . She is passionate about people desiring to have intimate relationships with Jesus, joy that isn't dependent on circumstance, God's faithfulness and drinking out of her disco ball cup. *100 emoji* *fire emoji* *fire emoji* *praise hands emoji* *star eyes emoji*

Morgan is a 1st year worship intern. She graduated in May from UGA with a degree in special education. In her very limited spare time, you can find her eating a corn dog, drinking Diet Coke, playing with her diva pup, Piper, or maybe all three at once! She is passionate about fighting for the people she loves and like a true female enneagram 8, she loves that Wesley gives her the freedom to have hard conversations while simultaneously loving people well

Nate is a first year intern from Roswell, Georgia. He focuses on podcasting for the media team and also serves as resident fusball expert. He loves bubble gum and learning how to hear God's voice. 

Olivia is a first year Encounter and Crosstrainers Intern. She graduated in May with an Early Childhood Education major. She likes watching dance videos on YouTube and can often be found "dropping it low". Noodles are at the top of her food pyramid, carrots are at the bottom, and squash is not even on it. Her current bop is "Shake It" by Metro Station. DM for more information.

Rachel is a first year Youth & Advancement intern from Suwanee, GA and is currently a senior Marketing major at UGA. She has a passion for personality tests (she's an INFP), flavorless LaCroix, sales at urban outfitters (pray for her bank account), and for watching the people around her walk in the joy and freedom that God has for them!! Ask her about the time she shook Ryan Seacrest's hand on the French Riviera - it's a riveting story. 

Reagan is a 1st year Connect intern who gets the awesome privilege of also leading a Freshley prayer small group. She will finish up her degree in Nutritional Science in May and hopes to use it with her experience in ministry to open a free health clinic somewhere. If you need her, you can find her cruising in her car listening to music. She loves impressions and thinks her Dexter from Dexter’s Laboratory is her best. Reagan hopes to see more of God’s heart for her and her people this year! 

Ryan Kiss is a first year Discipleship intern who is currently on that victory lap grind as a 5th year (it's an extra year of football so joke's on you) senior. He is working on a degree in Risk Management with a minor in Sports Management. He is pumped for another year in the greatest city and the best school in the nation while getting the opportunity to pursue something that he is passionate about as an intern at Wesley.

Sam Carroll is a person.

Sam is a first year media intern and graduated in May 2018 with a degree in marketing.
She is a fan of iced coffee, avocados, sunsets, walks outside, summer time, the beach, going to bed early, & cats.
Her dream job is to live in Hawaii and be a photographer.
3 things you should know about God:
He is constant
He speaks to you
He loves to make you smile

Sarah is a first year Prayer intern. She will (hopefully) graduate in May with a degree in History. If you ever take a two hour car ride with her, you can be blessed with her full rendition of Hamilton, and you can also see her prized possession- her Jesus air freshener. If she ever goes missing from LeConte or Wesley, she can probably be found on East Campus roaming the Georgia Museum of Art or the Dodd. She is driven by God’s love and Dr. Pepper to let every person she interacts with know that they are seen, valued, and loved by God. 

@savannahshawphoto

Stephanie is a first year CrossTrainers intern who is passionate about warm flannels, good-smelling candles, and seeing God bring breakthrough and freedom to people struggling with mental illness. She recently graduated from UGA with a degree in psychology, and hopes to pursue a career in mental health counseling. Steph enjoys listening to others and listening to great music. If you ever need someone to talk to, she’ll listen, and if you ever need song recommendations, she’ll probably make you an entire playlist.

Tara is a first year Connect intern. She graduated in May 2018 with a degree in Science Education with a biology emphasis. She plans to pursue a graduate degree and career in marine biology and conservation. Tara loves the Braves, running, hiking, adventure, painting, watching Friends and dogs (especially her golden retriever mix puppy named Murphy). Some things at the top of her bucket list are dive the Great Barrier Reef, watch a baseball game in every major league stadium, and visit a lot of national parks!

Taylor is a first-year Prayer intern. She graduated from UGA with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and one day hopes to become a Physician Assistant. She loves puppies, sunsets, mountains, lakes, good music, and movies (especially Harry Potter). She is passionate about reaching the nations (specifically unreached people groups) and hearing people’s stories and how they are uniquely created. She is excited to see what God does not only in the Wesley body but also across UGA campus this year!

Tori is a first year discipleship intern. She is finishing up her final semester of undergrad with a degree in HDFS. At home she can 9/10 times be found taking a nap or with a book in hand (probably Harry Potter). But Wesley/Freshley is where she comes alive and she would LOVE to dance around the alleyway and/or have a conversation with you and get a glimpse into your dreams and passions. She is easily persuaded by a good musical, Taco Mac, and a late night ice cream run (seriously she has never turned down an ice cream run...) Above all she is most excited to see people step into healing and restoration this year!!