Well, it's been two years now. I read these old entries and it still feels like yesterday, like nothing has changed. But so much has.
The last you heard from me, I was planning on applying to go on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as a part-time campus staff member. I started that process, but, for a variety of reasons, it didn't get very far. I spent a couple months re-evaluating things, and praying, and seeking, and crying, and questioning, and talking, and listening. Once things settled down, I realized I was right where I needed to be. Working in a lab, volunteering, and teaching.
Since then, I have quit my lab job, and I left my formal volunteer role with InterVarsity. Instead, focused on teaching, and started volunteering with my church's high school youth group. And I have found much satisfaction in those things. I am looking towards going back to graduate school in the fall (3 months!) to finish my master's degree. It will be a chemistry degree, but I will do a research project in chemistry education. Because I have discovered that I love being a teacher. It fits me well, and I feel like I use *me* to do this job. I use my critical thinking skills, I use my creativity, I use my chemistry knowledge, but I also use my heart. I find that I'm always facing new challenges, and I enjoy meeting them.
And I look back and consider...this started with a trip around the world. This started with an invitation to follow Him around the world to do something I had hardly done before. I am amazed at what happens when He leads.
The last you heard from me, I was planning on applying to go on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship as a part-time campus staff member. I started that process, but, for a variety of reasons, it didn't get very far. I spent a couple months re-evaluating things, and praying, and seeking, and crying, and questioning, and talking, and listening. Once things settled down, I realized I was right where I needed to be. Working in a lab, volunteering, and teaching.
Since then, I have quit my lab job, and I left my formal volunteer role with InterVarsity. Instead, focused on teaching, and started volunteering with my church's high school youth group. And I have found much satisfaction in those things. I am looking towards going back to graduate school in the fall (3 months!) to finish my master's degree. It will be a chemistry degree, but I will do a research project in chemistry education. Because I have discovered that I love being a teacher. It fits me well, and I feel like I use *me* to do this job. I use my critical thinking skills, I use my creativity, I use my chemistry knowledge, but I also use my heart. I find that I'm always facing new challenges, and I enjoy meeting them.
And I look back and consider...this started with a trip around the world. This started with an invitation to follow Him around the world to do something I had hardly done before. I am amazed at what happens when He leads.
