Last year my major was Physical Therapy. I go to Walla Walla University by the way. I took Anatomy and Physiology and chopped up cats for lab. I talked to the representative from Loma Linda at least 4 times until he remembered my face, name, and other random facts about me. I could have gotten into Loma Linda, but God has other plans. I've been told all my life that I can be whatever I want to be. I find that to be cliche, but true. I could be an engineer if I really wanted to. I could be an artist, dentist, or candle maker. But at this point in my life, I feel that God is holding up a neon sign telling me where to go. There are two points to my future, so I'll explain them separately.
I feel that God is calling me to work as a missionary for the rest of my life. Now, before you freak out and tell me that I'm crazy, I know I am. Remember, there are many ways to serve as a missionary, even in the United States. Specifically, I am hoping to become a SM Coordinator or SM Director at an Adventist university or company. I want to be able to help other kids, adults, anyone, go out into the mission field so they can experience what I am experiencing now. I want them to be able to feel the way I do about God, children, and life. I feel that I am so blessed to have been given this opportunity and I want to help others have the same feeling. I want to work in the SM office when I go back to Walla Walla, and hopefully work my way up to director one day.
The second part is that I am going to change my major to education. I know that I can wake up every day and do what I am doing now. I also know that this is rough, and the US will be totally different. I also know that it will probably be a lot more challenging. There are many things about modernism that make teaching harder, kids less focused, and life in general more difficult and busy. Regardless, I know this is what I want to do the rest of my life. I adore my kids. I truly and completely love them with my whole heart. It is the best reward to see them finish their work early, get papers that say "I love you Miss Chelsea" on them, and play with them at recess. I could sit all day and listen to their funny conversations and the way they interact with each other. It isn't easy to decide what to do every day for the rest of your life, but I think I just decided.
Life is a set of choices, and there are so many different options that sometimes I just want to close my eyes, point in a direction, and follow that path. It is a great gift to know what I will be doing for the next 45 years. Of course there are many other things I'd like to do; take a summer at Newbold to attend English classes, spend a year in Italy at a cooking school, be a student missionary once again in Africa or Asia. The great thing about these dreams is that I can make them happen. It's really exciting knowing that I have my whole life before me, and so many opportunities to choose to do. It's nice to know that along the way, I can pursue my brand new dream of becoming a teacher and eventually a SM coordinator. Just thought I'd share them with you, because in a few years when I'm writing from Newbold, you can say "hey! she said she was going to do that" :]
Disclaimer: Don't get me wrong! I am not in any way thinking of anything but Palau 24/7. This place is Heaven on Earth. I am so thankful to be here and enjoy every moment I have. I am only looking to the future because of what a great experience I am having here. It helped me decide the rest of my life! I just want everyone to know that in no way am I playing down the experience I'm having here, because I'm sure nothing can compare to this!
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