So I’m working for AIM now. It’s pretty official – I filled out a W4 thingy and everything. Oh and I have a desk. I’ve never had a work desk before. I’ve worked behind a desk or two – but those desks were more like cages, and I usually had to stand the whole time. Not fun.
This time a year ago I was at my final debrief in Thailand. At that point my squad was obsessed with talking and dreaming about our futures (…as we had been for quite some time.) I thought working for AIM would be cool, but I believed God was calling me elsewhere. When my World Race ended I expected to have little to do with AIM ever again.
A part of me is shocked that I’m actually living in Georgia and working for AIM, while another part of me is like, “duh.” After I came home last summer I spent my time stalking World Race blogs and waking up at 5 a.m. to watch the Awakening live in Ireland. I bought a plane ticket to Georgia so I could help out at training camp. I recruited my friends to go on the race. I wrote blogs about how great AIM/The World Race is. Seriously, sometimes I felt like I was working for AIM…but I wasn’t. At least officially.
When my alternative plan fell through late last fall, I called Jimmy McCarty the next day and told him I wanted to work for AIM. I think he might’ve thought I was making a rash decision. But I knew there was nothing else I wanted to do.
So here I am, working at AIM and loving life. I’ve only been here two weeks – it’s still fresh and new and weird. Beyond my 6 month commitment, I have no idea how long I’ll be here – I hope a while. Right now I’m in this place of following God day by day, which is kind of hard when you’re a dreamer.
I never dreamed I’d live in Gainesville, Georgia. I never dreamed about working for Adventures in Missions. But alas, I am, and I’m thankful the dreams I dreamed didn’t come true and this is what I’m doing instead.
And anyway, it’s more exciting this way.
