Seattle Trip

The past few days I have been in Seattle. Its been a really fun trip to take with my friend from high school, Sheena. She and I came up together to visit her sister Karissa, who is living right downtown as a travel nurse. I also had the chance to meet with a professor at Seattle Pacific University who runs a merchandising management program there. It has been such a restful time...I am really grateful to have a few days off. The professor, Jaeil Lee, was so nice. She really encouraged me to keep thinking about what I want to do with my life. It was so neat, and kind of surreal, to talk with a professor who shares the same faith as me. It gave me a whole new perspective on teaching, being able to incorporate faith into the curriculum. Dr. Lee said she plays more of an advisor type role in her student's life as well as being their teacher. She is able to talk with her students about God's direction for their life in a way that would be totally illegal in a public school. I think it could be a really great challenge to not only convey information to students but to spur on my students in their relationships with God as well. While Jaeil didn't have a job for me now, she was very encouraging about future prospects, whether part time or more at Seattle Pacific. It was a great connection to make, and a neat possibility for the future. The rest of the trip was just relaxing, shopping, game playing and chocolate tasting. What fun!!

A few things have changed in my life since my last post. I finally have a life plan...well at least for the next year or so. It is such a relief for me to know what I am doing!! It is such a challenge to go without a plan or direction. This summer, I will keep working at Java 2, the coffee shop on campus. I am also going to serve as the interim children's ministry director at my church for 3 months (through the end of September). The current director is leaving at the end of July, and I will take over for a few months while the church continues to search for a permanent replacement. At the end of July I will be moving into my own apartment, living alone for the first time. I am really excited and a little intimidated at the same time. But it will be really nice to kind of grow up in this way. In September, I will take on another job at the church, going back on staff with the college group as the missions intern, where I will keep planning this year's Brazil trip as well as add on some other responsibilities. I will also (hopefully, I am still in the process of applying) be attending a 9 month Bible school at Calvary Chapel Corvallis, called Cornerstone School of Ministry. This school is a certificate program where I will be in a cohort of students taking classes in both the Old and New Testaments, Hermeneutics, and other elective classes. I am really excited about all these new changes and decisions. It is totally a testament to God working in my life in a way I could have never imagined. What a blessing!