Quickie

Just finished reading The Shack and if you have never heard of it or read it, you should. Here's their site if you want some background info: http://theshackbook.com/ . I highly recommend reading it. I don't want to give away much info, but I know that the beginning is a bit slow, but stick with it, it gets a lot more eventful. One more note, if you go to the site, you can read the foreword and first chapter online. It's not the most exciting chapter like I said before, but it gives you an idea of what's going on.

Day.... (So much for that idea)

Hey ya'll, (oops, my redneck is showing)

     Well, to say the least it has been a interesting couple of days. In my last post, I said that I was visiting a camp that I was planning on working at this summer. Well, I had the interview (more like a friendly conversation, no pressure) and it was great. I really feel like that is where God wants me this summer (unless he has some other plans). So, I will be in-charge of 8 or so kids for 6 days a week for 12 weeks. It will be one roller coaster of a ride.

Along with having my interview, I worked at the camp helping out with all the transition work from winter to spring/summer season. The people there are AMAZING. They opened their homes, let me eat their food, and had some awesome conversations. Shoot, I thought I was going to be working 10-5 then heading back to my cabin, making a peanut butter sandwich and having to entertain myself all week long. I brought a book to read. I hardly had time to crack it open, unless I wanted to stay up into the late hours of the night. Again, my time there was just plain sweet.

So, now that I'm back in the swing of things, you know the usual; going to class, putting off homework and studying, the normal college student activities, life is challenging again. Monday morning, I meet with my career center advisor, and it was what I expected and what I didn't at the same time. Let me explain; I took an online personality/job match test thing and expected the guy to say, stick with what's on top off the list. But, I learned that there is some truth to that. We all have aspects and talents that God has placed in our lives. It would make sense to choose an occupation that involves your strengths and not something that doesn't really interest you. What even made my meeting better was that he is Christian and that he understands what I feel. It really made things great. But, I did not receive the answer, the direction I was looking for, which I knew probably wouldn't happen but it still bummed me out. Here I am, asking God where he wants me to go and I'm not receiving an answer, at least not now. But, I've let it drag me down and that got me nowhere so, I'm pressing on. Right now, to me it's come down to either secondary education or exercise science. Yea, nowhere near engineering..... We'll see.....

Time to sleep, since I put off studying tonight, that means I need to do it tomorrow! Hooray procrastination! Who knows when my next post will be and if will be in this dying theme of day (insert number here).

"Give me a revelation Show me what to do ‘Cause I’ve been trying to find my way I haven’t got a clue Tell me should I stay here Or do I need to move Give me a revelation I’ve got nothing without you"- Third Day

Day 3 (kind of)

Hello, 

It's been real busy, again, and it's still busy. I am leaving for camp bright and early and I may not have my day updates on the blog, but when i do get some internet, I will post them (that includes Day 3). Keep an eye out,

Devin

Day 2

It's Day 2. I'm tired, sick, I have other things to do, but it's been a generally good day. I woke up, got ready and stuff and I got my morning quiet time in, which has been an on/off affair recently. It was actually pretty interesting and I dug into what I read. I recently started in Genesis and I read chapters 19-23. If you haven't read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot, it's pretty interesting. What made the morning even more interesting was that I also read 2 Peter which references Sodom and Gomorrah. Pretty cool when you actually understand what the Bible is referencing.... 

I actually felt awake in classes and was possibly willing to learn??? But, it's also been pretty busy. I haven't had much time to just sit around (which is somewhat a good thing). I had an unexpected conversation with a friend I hadn't seen in awhile. She's been pretty busy with all the life gives her and it was refreshing to talk and see how God has been working in her life. She also gave me some direction regarding my future. Yesterday I talked about where God was leading me and how I don't quite know the answer yet, I kind of feel like I may be getting one.

One thing I'm looking at is possibly being a teacher of some sort. Whether it be high school, middle school, special education, P.E., or something else, I've had this feeling to be around teens. I do have a heart for youth, and reaching out to them in some way. But, I've never really been able to teach people that well, which is kind of trait that is needed to be a teacher, so it freaks me out a bit. Also, it's kind of hard to determine what is God's will and "just a feeling". I don't know,..... we'll see what goes down.

I guess since it's Thursday now.... I have an interview tomorrow at a camp, Camp Barakel, for the position of camp counselor. I'm pretty excited. I haven't been to that camp in over 4 years, and I always dreamed of becoming a counselor someday. Well, as much as I could keep rambling on about the unknowns in my life, I need some sleep. Until a later date and time, 

Dev

Day 1

Well, I have been challenged to start journaling daily in my "freshman boot-camp" class through Crusade. I figure, I might as well blog most days (if not all) just because typing is easier for me. There is a lot running through my head right now so I'm going to try to just focus on a few things. One of the most recent things that I have been struggling with and praying about is the direction of my life. Currently I'm studying Mechanical Engineering. Back when I was searching for colleges, I applied for three totally different schools and got accepted to all three. One school was a focus of auto technician, youth pastor/ things of that nature and engineering. Now, I know that God led me t pick Michigan Tech as the school of choice, but I'm really starting to doubt engineering. I'm struggling with the math aspect of it, and if you know anything about engineering, it's four full years of tough math. Yet, I don't want to "give up" because it's too hard, but is engineering something that I really want to do? That's the problem, I have no idea what kind of career I would like to have. Also, I currently do not know where God wants me to be. At first, this was hard to handle. I started to freak out, I felt that I HAVE to know what's going on. But really, as much as I think that I'm in control of my life, I'm not. Sure, my actions will have an affect, but it is up to God as to how those actions get carried out. I feel like I'm at an intersection with 10 different ways to go. One of them is possibly going into the mission field.

A couple days ago I was praying to God that he would reveal his will for me. Well, immediately, I came across a site, Gospel for Asia. Wow. I love to serve, no doubt about it, but am I willing to give up everything, and spread the word in a foreign country? Tonight, I went to a concert, African Children's Choir, and I get that feeling of "Is this what you want me to do?" When do we get to that point when we really know where God is leading us? That's where I'm at now.