so something i've been faced with lately has been trying to figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life. yea, i know. easy right? but i've gotten a microcosm of that decision for this summer.

i'm trying to decide between [option 1] to go to pittsburg, work at an architecture firm, and partner with some inner city ministries, or [option 2] stay in chesapeake and work as the youth intern at my church.

both have upsides,
[1] i'm passionate about city ministry, i would have some good friends up in pittsburgh from VT, i would make a decent amount of money and get good experience. [2] i'm passionate about college ministry, i would have friends from home, not have to spend anything on rent [thanks mom and dad] and be near the beach

and both have downsides,
[1] i'll be away from my family all summer, working at an architecture job could be boring. [2] i'd make less money, i'd be stuck in suburbia all summer

and in both places i can serve God.

so how do i decide on that?

i'm not looking necessarily for a specific answer to what i should do, but more on the broad subject. how do you make a decision, where you can see yourself serving God in both places. i've never been one to deal with indecision well. usually God gives me a pretty black and white decision to make, and it's just a matter of me making it or not. and i tend to try and rationalize it all out in my head, and rationally, they are very even.

i suppose one thing might just be to be patient and let things happen. doors could close, or something totally new could come along. in which case, this blog has been totally pointless.

semester's end

well, it's been a heck of a semester. seems like it was just yesterday when i moved into pritchard hall, planning stuff for NSO and starting out my 4th year of architecture.

4 months later, it's been a wild ride. i've been incredibly blessed by the guys in my dorm. from freshman guys like budwin, kyle and zach to all the sophomores and juniors that have been an awesome part of my life this year.

i came into the semester kinda freaking out about the future. after this summer, i didn't know what i wanted to do after i graduated anymore. but i came to realize that it's ok to not know. i was putting to much focus on what i wanted my future to look like, and not what God wanted for my life.

I also joined St. Paul's AME church, a predominantly african-american church here in blacksburg. it has been really good, it was definitely uncomfortable at first, but it's grown into a place that's really home for me. it's been challenging for me to be a minority, after living most of my life in the white majority.

I'm looking forward to next semester, living in alexandria and working at a firm. i think it will be challenging to have to seek out community somewhere else, i've become very comfortable in our IV community here. not to say that it isn't great, but it's become a comfort zone to the point that i don't really live outside that community much.

i'm looking forward to seeing what God has in store for me next semester and i'm hopeful that He will be doing great things here at VT