CO Raleigh - Ashley Marivittori

ashley marivittori

Global Resource Director's Assistant

Birthday: June 3, 1986

Hometown: Columbia, SC

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, College of Charleston

Interests: singing, playing guitar, writing, reading, playing pranks, ridiculous jokes, shows, old books, interesting looking shoes, changing my hair

Favorite Books (other than the Bible): Knowing God (JI Packer), When Life and Belief Collide (Carolyn James), The Gospel for Real Life (Jerry Bridges), A Praying Life (Paul Miller), The Valley of Vision (Puritan Prayers), Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte), Flatland (Edwin Abbott), Confessions (Augustine), The Knowledge of the Holy (AW Tozer), Twilight Series (yes, I'm serious), Great Expectations (Charles Dickens), Morning and Evening (Charles Spurgeon), Let the Nations be Glad (John Piper)

Favorite Movies: A Beautiful Mind, Dumb and Dumber, Donnie Darko, Pride and Prejudice, Sherlock Holmes, Amazing Grace, Les Miserables, The Chronicles of Narnia, Aladdin

Favorite Verse: Ephesians 3:7-12

"Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness an access with confidence through our faith in him."

Testimony: I grew up in a Presbyterian church and was well-versed in religion from a young age. I knew Jesus was the "right answer," but I never surrendered my life, will, decisions, desires, or plans to Him until college. I was a freshman at the College of Charleston during a rebellious stage and I was running from God at the exact time He was running after me. He introduced me to Campus Outreach students that were living in my dorm, and through those relationships I ended up attending a few meetings and eventually going on a retreat. During that retreat I realized that Jesus didn't want me to simply believe in Him logically, but He wanted my trust, affections, and relationship. I don't have a specific day that I surrendered, but I know between November and January of that year, all my desires changed. I no longer wanted Jesus simply for religious knowledge, but I wanted Him as my only source for life and worth, instead of all the other things I was seeking to give me satisfaction at the time. He changed every motivation of my heart to actually know His character and live my life according to His plans instead of my own. Life since then has been a surprising, enjoyable, complicated, hard, joyful experience. He has not "fixed" all of my circumstances, but given me the tools to walk through them in order to know Him at a much deeper level. I was very involved in Campus Outreach the next 3 years and received training in how to have a ministry with the students around me and pour my life out for the sake of others. My senior year I was asked to move to Raleigh to join a new Campus outreach expansion team that was pioneering on the campuses of NC State and UNC Chapel Hill. Since that time CO has planted at Duke University and Campbell University as well. I served on staff at NC State for 2 years and I have recently transitioned to UNC as Women's Coordinator in Chapel Hill for my third staff year!