New job!!!

So I have been in negotiations/discussions with a guy named Sean who owns an economic and land development company called Pegasus Planning for 3 months now. Today, I officially signed on to work for Pegasus, and gave my two weeks notice to my current employer. My title at Pegasus will be Project Manager but I’ll pretty much be doing everything as outside of Sean I will be the only full-time employee. Its pretty exciting to be at the beginning of something that you really believe in and want to make work. I am excited because I see this job as more of an opportunity for a career and not just another job. From my very first conversation with Sean I have felt that this is a job the Lord has prepared me for. All of my “random” training I have accumulated over the past 2 1/2 years at my current job didn’t really seem to be preparing me for anything specific but when Sean described the person he was looking to hire and the position he would like to “grow” them into it seemed like a crazy good fit. The “older” (ok, I’m 25, I know that’s not “old”) I get the more of a chance I have had to see how God is orchestrating events in my life. It’s often the things that I find really hard and frustrating that I can look back on and see the purpose that they have served in my life and how I have because of them grown closer to God. I know this job will be a lot of hard work and challenging, but I feel like I am ready for that and after a good month’s vacation during which I plan to travel home to Terre Haute, IN as well as too Peru for a week I think I’ll be ready to “dig in” to my work. Thanks a bunch if in the last few months you have prayed that I would get this job

Sudan/Kenya/Spain/Amstedam Trip

If you’d like to read all about my travels to Sudan/Kenya/Spain & Amsterdam click on the page entitled, you guessed it “Trip to Sudan/Kenya/Spain/Amstedam”. All of my pictures from the trip are posted in Picasa web albums (see link on the right hand side of this page).

Expectations and the like

I leave for my trip to Sudan in 2 days! I can’t believe its finally here. I’ve been waiting to go for months now. Of course the difficulty with that long of a wait is the expectations begin to grow…. and if you have a daydreaming mind such as me the idea of a trip like the one I am about to embark on beings to grow to unrealistic proportions. Good news is I recognize this and am attempting to keep an open mind about the trip and not have pre-set ideas on what will happen, what I will do, and who I will meet. This is difficult of course but doable I believe.

Another item I have been thinking about is the selfishness that can grab a hold of me while I am on this trip. I truly desire to have the heart of a servant but I also know myself well enough to know that I will struggle with wanting to have everything I can, the window seat on the plane, the perfect pictures, the Sudanese kid that loves me, the chance to buy great souvenirs. God alone can give me the heart of a servant and I pray as I prepare to embark on this trip that Christ alone will be my focus, and that in comparison to him all other things (including adventures in Africa) pale in comparison.

But, let me be perfectly clear, in addition to my “deep thoughts” about the trip I am ridiculously excited and there is no harm in that!!!!!! Africa, here I come…

 

“Best Friend of All-Time”

   To everyone I know in Austin, my friend, Tina Hunter is known as my “best friend of all time”. Its true though, most people want to know how you know a person you are talking about, your relationship to them. And although I have had many many dear friends during my time here on earth Tina had undoubtedly been the rock in my “friendship life.” Really I don’t even know if its right to call her a friend, she truely is more of a sister than anything else.

Anyway, the point of this journal entry is that currently I am about to pee my pants because Tina (who lives in Michigan) is coming to visit me in Austin this weekend! Every time I see her its as if no time has passed at all, we pick up right where we left off, even if the last time I saw her was several months ago. Not sure what all we are going to do yet but on the agenda will defiently be watching “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” at the old Paramount Theater in downtown Austin.  Two more days….