Thought for Food
Soo....
Remember how I said I was looking into where my life was going and into relief work or whatever? I researched a company called Nieucommunities per Melanie's reccommendation. As some of you know, Melanie is going to South Africa with Nieucommunities for ten months beginning in February. And I wasn't really sure of what she'd be doing. Well I contacted the organization with just a really honest email along the lines of "I don't really know what I'm doing with my life but I'm curious and I need more" et al. Pretty much what I've been saying. I was honest about my place in religion, as in, I don't have a place but I believe in God and and am an open book who likes to listen to people talk about their beliefs. Long story short I was contacted and invited to do a road trip with the company to see what it was all about and help discern my future. Cool right? Well, here's the thing... my knee jerk was AAAAHHHHHH!!! I can't afford to go to Vancouver in September. I can't take off work then and I can't pay for the trip. I have a trip I am taking October 17-19th that's a priority. I just bought my ticket and arrangements. That's a financial sacrifice right there. So no. But upon relaying just that to my Mother (to which she replied "go with your gut hun!") my gut started to get a little confused. Hmmmm, could I juggle my finances and go? Here's the thing, I'm not really a Christian, I have a hard time with the details of why Jesus is found as our savior... too much to get into but there's factors that lead me to believe that Christianity is fine as a CHOICE but not the one and only salvation. I totally respect Christianity. But I also totally respect Buddhism and Islam and even B'hai. I don't want to put anyone out or down. Not sure what my place is on this week long road trip. I want to serve people and I have unique set of gifts/talents/experience. The Nieucommunities staff in Vancouver, I am told, has some artistic and creative leaders that might me great to meet for a girl like me. So... question is, can I, should I, work it out? The first deposit its due on Monday (one week). So that's how long I have. However I won't have the amount of the deposit until I am paid again four days later... rent will also come out of that. Doable if its reasonable for Niuecommunities to wait four days for me. but after that... it's still possible. and I think, part of me wonders if this week would be worth it. I can figure out a bit of my role in relief work maybe? My possible future with Nieucommunities? My first step is to ask Christian the possibility of missing work.
So any thoughts? Advice? all is welcome at this point. If you want to check out the organization look up www.nieucommunities.org
Remember how I said I was looking into where my life was going and into relief work or whatever? I researched a company called Nieucommunities per Melanie's reccommendation. As some of you know, Melanie is going to South Africa with Nieucommunities for ten months beginning in February. And I wasn't really sure of what she'd be doing. Well I contacted the organization with just a really honest email along the lines of "I don't really know what I'm doing with my life but I'm curious and I need more" et al. Pretty much what I've been saying. I was honest about my place in religion, as in, I don't have a place but I believe in God and and am an open book who likes to listen to people talk about their beliefs. Long story short I was contacted and invited to do a road trip with the company to see what it was all about and help discern my future. Cool right? Well, here's the thing... my knee jerk was AAAAHHHHHH!!! I can't afford to go to Vancouver in September. I can't take off work then and I can't pay for the trip. I have a trip I am taking October 17-19th that's a priority. I just bought my ticket and arrangements. That's a financial sacrifice right there. So no. But upon relaying just that to my Mother (to which she replied "go with your gut hun!") my gut started to get a little confused. Hmmmm, could I juggle my finances and go? Here's the thing, I'm not really a Christian, I have a hard time with the details of why Jesus is found as our savior... too much to get into but there's factors that lead me to believe that Christianity is fine as a CHOICE but not the one and only salvation. I totally respect Christianity. But I also totally respect Buddhism and Islam and even B'hai. I don't want to put anyone out or down. Not sure what my place is on this week long road trip. I want to serve people and I have unique set of gifts/talents/experience. The Nieucommunities staff in Vancouver, I am told, has some artistic and creative leaders that might me great to meet for a girl like me. So... question is, can I, should I, work it out? The first deposit its due on Monday (one week). So that's how long I have. However I won't have the amount of the deposit until I am paid again four days later... rent will also come out of that. Doable if its reasonable for Niuecommunities to wait four days for me. but after that... it's still possible. and I think, part of me wonders if this week would be worth it. I can figure out a bit of my role in relief work maybe? My possible future with Nieucommunities? My first step is to ask Christian the possibility of missing work.
So any thoughts? Advice? all is welcome at this point. If you want to check out the organization look up www.nieucommunities.org
posted by Coco at 12:33 AM
2 Comments:
Food for thought: are you looking for them to set you on a path or figure your life out for you?
You can most help others after you have helped yourself.
If you want to go, I'll take care of the deposit.
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