a cliff notes version.
- arrived in queens on 9/2.
- made three visits to dc/northern va: 9/11-9/14 (megabus – late), 9/24-9/28 (self – ez pass is awesome, the beltway is not), and 10/9-10/10 (eastern – decent).
- went up to my dad’s place in the finger lakes to see him and hang out with a teammate from my summer with cti (that was four years ago!): 9/17-9/20.
- i’ve been here in the vicinity of gainesville, ga since 10/12. camped out in helen, ga with the likes of angi, erin and jacob from 10/12; we headed to AIM on the 10/15. i’ll head back to nyc on 10/25, when the m&n squads head back home after their training camp (which i’ll reflect on in a different post).
- from 10/26-10/31, i’ll be packing my stuff, trying to get somewhat organized and move back to dc.
- i speak at my church 11/1 and start work on 11/2.
the uncondensed version is that i was presented with several steps i could take: an apprenticeship w/ aim in marketing/mobilization, moving back to dc/nova, or teaching/studying in korea. no one option was emerging as “the one thing” God wants me to do and that almost paralyzed me. what was made clear to me is that any way i’d go, i’d have a lot to gain and a lot to give up.
that’s the way of love, isn’t it?
and so i’m heading back – as best i know – to my antioch, open door presbyterian church, for a season. i’m excited to be a tentmaker; to clear the rest of my debt and support my friends who are either already on or soon joining AIM as staff. there are some world race alumnae in the dc area i’m excited to meet and grow with.
i’ll continue to blog here and there (sarachoe.wordpress.com).
next post (here) will be on being on the other side of training camp. stay tuned. . .
