I love blogging so much I just couldn’t stay away…
So lets address a few of the questions that I brought up before in my first post…
- Why would you quit your engineering job where you’re making good money to be poor and uncomfortable for a whole year?
- If you really dislike your job that much why not just look for another job you might enjoy more first before committing a whole year of your life?
The answers can be found here and there in the following paragraphs
I remember last fall sitting at my work desk staring at my computer screen and its slowly hit me, my job was slowly killing me and the person that I wanted to become. I opened up a new email and started typing a few of my thoughts out (sounds kind of like blogging). I decided that one of three things would happen to me. (1) I would learn to tolerate my job and as a result surrender to living the typical 8-5 mundane job where you go to work to bring home a pay check every two weeks. (2) I could continue on as I was and ultimately become the most miserable person alive sitting at my desk checking the clock every 5 minutes and peering outside wishing I was somewhere else. Or (3) I could quite my job and do something else. Lets just say that there’s never been a more clear answer in life as that one! My parents encouraged me to look for another job, one that I might enjoy more. I even had friends offer to help get me into their work places as well. I felt this wasn’t what God was telling me to do however.
I was tired of working for myself. What I mean by that is that I went to work everyday to earn a paycheck that would ultimately pay for things that I wanted -new cars, new motorcycles, tools, cool accessories for my new cars and motorcycles, more tools, etc. I hated the fact though that I wasn’t doing anything for anyone else. I like using the skills and knowledge that God has given me to help other people that otherwise don’t have the means or abilities. Sitting at a computer for the rest of my life is not what God wants me to do. I’m positive of that. I wanted to be a part of something that was bigger than myself. Two things came to mind – military and missions. I talked with a lot of family and friends and did a lot of praying. I decided to join the Marines to become a Combat Engineer Officer. In my mind it combined an exciting lifestyle with engineering and also leading and training other people to become stronger more capable individuals. The day before I was supposed to be sworn into the Marine Corps, I found out that because of an unknown allergy I have I was disqualified for all military service. So something happened that no politician would EVER say – the military option was off the table. I was bummed because I had finally mentally arrived at the notion of joining the military and then the rug got pulled out from under me. So I woke up at 6:30 the next morning to go to work again.
A few weeks later I learned about The World Race from a friend that was preparing to leave for the race in a few weeks. This rekindled my interest in missions once again. It seemed fun, full of adventure and most importantly I would be helping others and sharing the gospel (something I’m shamefully bad at). Over the course of a couple months I read blogs of people that were currently on The World Race and watched lots of videos. It become increasingly clear that God was steering me in this direction. I still needed to make the decision in my mind and it was a difficult one. There were lots of justifiable fears and concerns shooting around in my head. I would have to quite my job. I didn’t enjoy my job but the thought of quitting your job without another one lined up is scary. How am I going to raise over $16K? What the heck am I going to do when I come back in July 2016 with no job or place to live? What if I’m stuck on a team with weird people for a whole year?! etc etc etc. The answer to all these questions was clear but hard to actually do. I need to set these concerns aside and just trust my God that has gotten me here this far.
Thanks for reading and if you support the idea of missions please consider supporting me in prayer and financially to make this a reality! 80 people at $200…
