But it goes so quickly.
Today is Taylor's graduation. It's going on right now. This time last year, I was a brand-new college graduate about to spend one last summer at "home" (in West Michigan, at camp) before moving halfway across the country to teach high school in a city where I knew relatively no one. I thought I'd give teaching a try - get some experience that I could use in a camp ministry position later on in life. I didn't own anything for a "grown-up life" except an '86 Subaru and an Acer computer. I had nothing figured out. Everything in front of me was absolutely new.
Everything in front of me still seems absolutely new. Instead of a Subaru and an Acer, I now own a Mac and a Honda, but other than that and a mattress, that's about all I own. I'm pushing to cram everything in to the three weeks that are left in the school year before embarking on a new adventure. I'll be working at a wilderness leadership development program for high school students in Northern Maine (WILD at Moose River Outpost). In a week or so I'm moving in to a new apartment with a roommate I've met only once. I have no real idea what I'm getting in to, but who needs familiarity and comfort, really? (As someone who loves familiarity and comfort, I'm constantly having to remind myself that I don't need it).
Occasionally I find myself longing for the familiar, wanting to go somewhere that's safe, where people have known me longer than 9 months at the most... usually then I make phone calls.
...and then I remember that this is where God wants me, and that He is always with me, and He knows me more than anyone.
EDIT: just to clarify, the Maine position is for the summer. I really love my teaching job and want to stick with it for a while.
2 comments:
Hey Amy! Is this job just for the summer or is it long-term? Are you going to be teaching next year?
I am thrilled that there are young people like you, out there, striving to have a positive influence on today's youth. You are taking a very mature stance in this, following God's leading and serving Him, whole heartedly now while you are free to do so. You are going to a very beautiful part of Maine. I lived in Skowhegan and Kingman for a while years ago. You will love it. Best of luck, Kyle's Pop
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