So, first blog ever in my whole entire life. At this moment I am marking the end, or ending if you will, to my college career and the brand new journey into an uncertain life filled with monsters that my mind cannot even phathom right now. Bills, money, A JOB, etc. What will I do?...... I got it! I'll just go to Hawai'i. Yea that sounds good to me.
God has been very gracious to me over these past few months. In December He allowed me to begin dating one of His daughters, (who is quite amazing). Then in mid January I needed a practicum for school and I got that without as much as an interview. Then God put missions on my heart, well at least a desire to go somewhere out of the United States. I thought that place was going to be Nepal. I was mistaken. It turned out that wasn't going to work because I needed a full time internship so I could graduate from college. Nepal was a 3 week trip in the beginning of the summer that started the week after I started my internship. I was pretty angry, a little bitter, and honestly I didn't know what to think or what lesson God was trying to give me from that. I think I figured that out later down the road but there was a very clear reason why I didn't go. Continuing in my story, I received an opportunity to go to Haiti! Also someone approached me about that trip, I didn't even have to go looking for it. Talk about an answer to a prayer, right? Well needless to say I didn't have my internship lined up, in fact it was pretty much all up in the air. Fortunately again God blessed me with an full time PAID! internship. What?! Another blessing, what's going on here? So I was able to have my cake and eat it too.
Further along I had no clue what I would do after I was done with my internship. I was pondering while everyone around me would ask, "Do you have a job lined up, what will you be doing?" My response, "I have no clue (with a little smirk at the end)." Which in fact is still true right now, except the no clue part just got postponed. Later around June I got a phone call from a good friend, Andrea Davis. She informed me of an opportunity to be a youth mentor/leader at an awesome church in Hawai'i. I thought, "Well this sounds cool but I just don't know, I don't really want to jump the gun or anything so I'll think about it." That was exactly not the thing I did. In fact I did the opposite. I forgot about it!
Then I went to Haiti. Beautiful place with beautiful people! I absolutely loved it there and wish that I could have stayed longer and experienced more. Overall the trip was great and God used us to do exactly what we were there for in all ways.
When we came back from Hawai'i I once again began to think about what I would do for my future. By this time is was early July. People approached me about it and I gave the same silly smirk and kind of meek answer. Then out of no where I started hearing, "Well you seem like you'd be a pretty good youth pastor, why don't you pursue that?" My rational mind would say that was crazy and that I had no chance there. But fortunately the rational part of my brain has been taken over by the overpowering and border line ridiculous thoughts that only Christ could think of. (I appreciate that) So I call the pastor of Palisades Baptist Church located in Palisades, HI on the island of Oahu. Turns out we have the same heart for the youth and believe in the same types of things as far as dicsiplship of the youth. Backed up biblically of course.
So it looks like my life will be headed to Hawai'i on August 21, 2011. Goodbye ending, hello beginning.
