Monday, October 13, 2008

I'm on my way

Well, I need to restart this blog, and really get it goin' again, so I will be trying to blog more regularly. First, here's some big news for those that haven't heard or that I am not in regular contact with. I have been accepted to the U.S. Peace Corps, and am bound to go to Jamaica on March 17th, 2009 (So, no big St. Patty's celebration for me next year).

This is very exciting for many reasons:
1) I have dreamed about doing the peace corps since I was a sophomore in high school (about 10 years...crap) ever since my sister did it.
2) I feel very strongly that this is the direction that God wants me to go in for my life. I have no idea how He will use me while I'm there, especially as limited as my witness will be due to my being a government employee and all, but I am excited and confident in my calling thus far.
3) It's the first step in the big picture that I'm starting to formulate/be led in for my life. No plans mind you, just ideas so far. More on that later, but this will be an immensely valuable time both in the experience and the far-reaching impact it will have in my life and hopefully the lives of others.
4) It has been almost two years that I've been stuck in America, and I need to get out, so in a way, this is long overdue.
5) The very nature of the Peace Corps is helping people, and that's always exciting.

In the meantime, I'm doing a quarter of seminary, and working till the end of the year, and then I'll detail my plan/idea for the 11 weeks of the new year before I leave in another post.

On a final note, I've gotten so many comments both in person and on facebook, about my "new look" which is really the old look before I decided to look like John the Baptist, and it's been really encouraging and fun. You can see the pictures on facebook. Pretty hilarious, actually.