MOULTON, Ala. (WHNT) — Jana Aday works hard every day to make sure children have the best lives possible, all while battling multiple sclerosis.

She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was a teenager.

“Even after having my son and losing a lot of my mobility, I still wanna go, I still wanna do, I don’t want to be defined by the disease, I’m going to define it,” Jana said.

She said when it came to coping with the diagnosis, it took a bit. But her faith played a huge part in her moving forward.

“It took me a while but with good friends, I was a nanny from a really young age for a guy I was babysitting, that family was a big part of how I was able to get through it, and other friends that I had. And a lot of it was prayer, I gave it to God. I finally said ‘Ok God, I’m done fighting you, I’m done fighting this disease,'” she said.

Jana is heavily involved in church, where she got her love for helping children.

“I started getting involved at a really young age in our nursery, teaching Sunday School. I started helping with VBS, I direct it now, but not sole director – it’s a group effort. Wednesday nights with our kids, they do church days in the summer. If I can be somewhere, being a part of something where a kid is going to learn about God, or a kid is going to have a meal he didn’t have, or the love he doesn’t get, that’s where I want to be,” she says.

She impacts her community through two programs – First Priority and Clothe Our Kids.

First Priority goes into schools once a week and has someone lead students in learning about Jesus, learning bible verses and how to find them. Students also get a bible at the end if they want.

Clothe Our Kids takes monetary donations and clothing donations and puts together packets of clothing for children in need.

“When I was a teacher and I saw that a kid needed clothes, and I thought oh god, they wore that shirt three days in a row, maybe they don’t have clothes, maybe I can turn their name in to Clothe Our Kids. It’s anonymous,” Jana stated.

Jana also created a sensory table for children to learn shapes and colors while having a little bit of fun.

Jana’s faith pushed her to use her diagnosis as her ministry, to prove to kids she works with, through church and these programs, that you can do anything. Now, she just wants God to get the glory for how he’s worked through her.

“I don’t do any of it for me, I don’t care if i’m ever recognized for it, as long as they know that God got me through it,” Jana said. “I realized God did this for a reason, and people ask me, “What would you do if you ever got cured?” and I say I don’t want cured. Yeah that would be fun because I could walk again, but I don’t want the cure because then what is my ministry? and right now my ministry is ‘Oh, you can do that?'”

Jana also helps tutor kids in English and is already involved in another program through church called American Heritage Girls.

She says she’s still able to spend time with her husband and son, playing one of their favorite games on the Wii every night – bowling.