I leave in a couple hours (after calling Jim and Debi I suppose) for Walla Walla, where I can inform the Church of my placement, and start figuring out how I'm going to ask for money. Also I have some errands to run, with a couple things I need to pick up, that I'm sure I could find anywhere, but in Walla Walla I know EXACTLY where to find them, so that's a major bonus. I have a plot for a graaduation present that will actually be in a couple different parts, it should be interesting :P. (You know I write about this simply because I know Matt will read this, muahahaha :P)
I've been working out how I'm going to spend the summer, which would be SO much easier if the rest of the family could figure out their plans (AHEM... COUGH COUGH...) Also I'm trying to figure out how much stuff I can possibly get rid of, narrowing everything I own down to what I can comfortably fit into the back of the suburban, and *hopefully* still be able to see out the back, is my ultimate goal, though I do plan to take my bike, so this may be a challenge. Mostly I guess it will depend on what's already at my placement, but I won't find out what area of Miami I'll be in, or who my housemates will be for at least another month or so.
Also I've been working at finding a school to transfer to when I finish my year in Miami, the University of Florida is looking like my best bet at the moment. I'm also considering potentially taking a class or two at a CC if that will at all be possible during the next year, just to make sure I have all the basic grad requirements done so I can start right in on a major.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Miami
I am right now just hanging out in the Louisville Airport waiting on my flight back to Spokane. This discernment weekend has been amazing.
I had a really good time hanging out with the site coordinators for Ghana, and in the end that was actually my number one choice though I was torn between Miami and Ghana. so I put them both down as my top choices listing Ghana first. Which honestly scared me to death, and I kept going through this list that Glen (one of the site coordinators) made of all the really BIG challenges like illness lack of communication with home etc. Trying to eliminate Ghana as an option, and I honestly couldn't, there was NO reason for me to not go. But I also REALLY wanted to go to Miami, though I wasn't entirely sure I was making that choice for all the right reasons. By Friday night though I prayed seriously about it and thought "Ok, Ghana is number one, and I'll write a note that Miami is a close second, after that it's not in my hands." So I handed in my discernment form the next morning they gave us our placements Saturday night, and I was assigned to Miami.
So YAY! I'm really excited for this placement, there are a lot of really cool organizations and/or churches for me to get involved with!
I had a really good time hanging out with the site coordinators for Ghana, and in the end that was actually my number one choice though I was torn between Miami and Ghana. so I put them both down as my top choices listing Ghana first. Which honestly scared me to death, and I kept going through this list that Glen (one of the site coordinators) made of all the really BIG challenges like illness lack of communication with home etc. Trying to eliminate Ghana as an option, and I honestly couldn't, there was NO reason for me to not go. But I also REALLY wanted to go to Miami, though I wasn't entirely sure I was making that choice for all the right reasons. By Friday night though I prayed seriously about it and thought "Ok, Ghana is number one, and I'll write a note that Miami is a close second, after that it's not in my hands." So I handed in my discernment form the next morning they gave us our placements Saturday night, and I was assigned to Miami.
So YAY! I'm really excited for this placement, there are a lot of really cool organizations and/or churches for me to get involved with!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Discernment
HELLO! I'm back.
The end of winter quarter has been super busy and it culminated in a pretty much amazing spring break filled with Washington DC, Seattle, Walla Walla, fancily cooked dinners... and on and on. Once I get around to uploading the Photos Jamie and Matt took, labeling people in them, and also putting up my very few pictures from DC they can be found right here!
Anyway I've also finished all my informational conversations with the sites I'm looking at applying to. I got to have my Seattle conversation and honestly, I really was kind of considering Seattle until that meeting. It wasn't bad, but after that talk I definitely felt like that wasn't the place for me, the program sounded good, and it may even be cool if I get really involved with MSR type activities with the PCUSA to go and work there, but I don't know... It doesn't interest me right now, I think I just need to get out of the state, if not the whole country.
My national sites in order of interest are 1. Miami, 2. Nashville, 3. Atlanta.
International are 1. Northern Ireland, 2. Ghana, 3. UK (Time For God)
I most likely don't have much of a shot at NI or Ghana, but I'm going for it anyway. As far as the Time For God posts in the UK, I think it would entirely depend on where I would be put and what I would be doing. As much as I would value the learning experience of leaving the country, and I love and adore that region of the world, I personally couldn't justify raising that money and spending it if I could be of more use and more help in one of the US positions, specifically Miami, which quite honestly sounds like it would be the coolest site ever. I don't know I just spent an obnoxious amount of time on the phone with one of the site coordinators, and I think I'm in love, it was just a fun conversation and it sounds like it might just be the perfect spot for me. I also have friends and family in the area so thats a clear bonus, but genuinely my interest in Miami has far more to do with the work I can become involved with there.
Over the last week I've been weighing my options and I kept telling people "Oh I'm going to call everyone and see what they think." because I was SO confused as to where I'm going to end up. I've actually started the rethink that. This really is going to be between me, God, and the site coordinators to discern my call. I think I should respect that. I value the advice of my friends and family, but for the event in Kentucky next week, I think I really need to simply be focused on that event. It helps that they specifically request that you avoid visitors and cell phone use, for the reasons I already mentioned, but I honestly started thinking along those lines before I read that. So for those four days I'll be "incommunicado" I may bring my computer depending on whether or not I'll have homework, but I probably won't be responding to much. Just FYI if you want to get a hold of me it may be rather difficult. For emergencies and what not I'll leave my phone on, but it will be on silent and most likely not with me, so you could text me or leave a message or something. Those of you without cell phones or text messaging can use this http://messaging.sprintpcs.com/textmessaging/compose and just type in my cell number.
Love in Christ,
Maggs
The end of winter quarter has been super busy and it culminated in a pretty much amazing spring break filled with Washington DC, Seattle, Walla Walla, fancily cooked dinners... and on and on. Once I get around to uploading the Photos Jamie and Matt took, labeling people in them, and also putting up my very few pictures from DC they can be found right here!
Anyway I've also finished all my informational conversations with the sites I'm looking at applying to. I got to have my Seattle conversation and honestly, I really was kind of considering Seattle until that meeting. It wasn't bad, but after that talk I definitely felt like that wasn't the place for me, the program sounded good, and it may even be cool if I get really involved with MSR type activities with the PCUSA to go and work there, but I don't know... It doesn't interest me right now, I think I just need to get out of the state, if not the whole country.
My national sites in order of interest are 1. Miami, 2. Nashville, 3. Atlanta.
International are 1. Northern Ireland, 2. Ghana, 3. UK (Time For God)
I most likely don't have much of a shot at NI or Ghana, but I'm going for it anyway. As far as the Time For God posts in the UK, I think it would entirely depend on where I would be put and what I would be doing. As much as I would value the learning experience of leaving the country, and I love and adore that region of the world, I personally couldn't justify raising that money and spending it if I could be of more use and more help in one of the US positions, specifically Miami, which quite honestly sounds like it would be the coolest site ever. I don't know I just spent an obnoxious amount of time on the phone with one of the site coordinators, and I think I'm in love, it was just a fun conversation and it sounds like it might just be the perfect spot for me. I also have friends and family in the area so thats a clear bonus, but genuinely my interest in Miami has far more to do with the work I can become involved with there.
Over the last week I've been weighing my options and I kept telling people "Oh I'm going to call everyone and see what they think." because I was SO confused as to where I'm going to end up. I've actually started the rethink that. This really is going to be between me, God, and the site coordinators to discern my call. I think I should respect that. I value the advice of my friends and family, but for the event in Kentucky next week, I think I really need to simply be focused on that event. It helps that they specifically request that you avoid visitors and cell phone use, for the reasons I already mentioned, but I honestly started thinking along those lines before I read that. So for those four days I'll be "incommunicado" I may bring my computer depending on whether or not I'll have homework, but I probably won't be responding to much. Just FYI if you want to get a hold of me it may be rather difficult. For emergencies and what not I'll leave my phone on, but it will be on silent and most likely not with me, so you could text me or leave a message or something. Those of you without cell phones or text messaging can use this http://messaging.sprintpcs.com/textmessaging/compose and just type in my cell number.
Love in Christ,
Maggs
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