Space Cadet

Okay, so a lot has happened in the last MONTH since I posted. Actually, I have kind of been avoiding posting on purpose because of all that has been happening.


As you may know, I had been agonizing between two AMAZING opportunities God had presented to me fresh out of college:

1) Would I travel with Life Action Ministries for a year, ministering to churches across America as an alto singer and building crazy experiences and relationships with like-minded Christian peers? This was a tremendous opportunity to go into full-time, dedicated, vocational Christian ministry and it was the one my heart really wanted at the time.

OR

2) Would I stay in town and accept the Flight Director job offered to me by the Challenger Learning Center at Heartland (yes, they offered it to me on a Friday when I was at the Solar Car Rayce 2010 ISU Stage Stop with the Rutherfords!)? This would give me an opportunity to pay off my student loans, making me totally financially free for the future; it would also suit my abilities and interests very well and it was on the campus where I'd worked for nearly four years.


Well, a LOT of stuff happened. A lot of verses and songs came up... a lot of conversations with wise people... a lot of conversations with other friends... a lot of encouragement and prayer from a handful of still other friends... even fasting... and a lot of prayer... I wrestled heavily with the concept of God's will for me and His sovereignty vs. my choice in life. I still don't know that I've reached a 100% sure conclusion, but I can say that I trust Him in a way I never have before. Now I see His control of my life as the loving intervention on my behalf that it is. As Brian, our college pastor, often says, "God doesn't say "don't"--He says "don't hurt yourself". Christianity is not a set of rules--but God does give us guidelines so we can enjoy the life He's given as fully and safely as possible." I have realized that God's will is not like a tightrope that I can easily fall off of as much as it's like a pasture with a fence around it--a pasture with lots of green choices to pick from!


Soooooooooo........ It's time for me to break my blogging silence. And that means I should at least let you know which one I ended up choosing and am now having a ROCKIN'-LY AWESOME TIME at. I began my training on Monday, July 26th and am learning a lot.

Here's your clue: a picture of me "on the job":

Funny how God is so faithful...

"A man's heart plans his ways, but the LORD directs his steps"

P.S. and yes, the moment I accepted the job, people started asking me all kinds of questions about space, NASA, etc. and assumed I was an expert on it all... so now space will become my LIFE so that I *can* be an expert on it all :-)