Well.... this is my very first time blogging, on my very first blog - how
exciting!
It has been a CRAZY week! I should give a little background before I start the crazy events of this week-
Back in the fall of 2009 I was seriously considering applying to be a Resident Assistant at Black Forest Academy. Black Forest Academy is a Christian Boarding school for mostly missionary kids in Germany. I thought and prayed about it and decided to send them an email. I asked them lots of questions regarding applying and they told me that I had to be 22 to apply to be an RA. For those of you that don't know I won't be 22 until the fall of 2011. I was slightly disappointed and kind of put that idea to the back of my mind.
They told me that applying this early for the fall of 2011 wouldn't be a bad idea since there are quite a few things that need to come in place for it to happen. But, I stopped thinking about it for a while. After Christmas I came back to Lethbridge and the thought lingered in my mind still...
I decided I would at least apply. I emailed them again and the process began... On my application I applied for RA and Secretary, as that is the job I am doing at present and love doing it. I had high hopes to be an RA though.
We got the ball rolling and I sent in a criminal record check, temperment analysis, all of my records, I was sent a book on fundraising to read and things were definitely moving!
In order to work at Black Forest Academy you also need to apply with a missions organization that will send you over and help you raise support. I applied with TeachBeyond. Right from the beginning I was hooked up with a Canadian who has helped me all along the way. She emailed me about a month ago and asked "would you be willing to come Aug 2010 to be a secretary".
This was both exciting and scary to hear. I was excited that this year could be a possibility and at the same time scared that it would be coming up so fast. As we have worked through the process though, I have become so excited and ready to see how God provides and leads. I will be content both with going and not. Wherever God wants me I will go.
Last week I scheduled an interview with TeachBeyond (the mission organization I am possibly going with) for an interview on Monday right after work. If you know me well you probably know that interviews are a little nervewracking for me. Not to mention this one was for an hour and a half!!!!!!!! Yikes! She asked me all sorts of questions from what life was like growing up, to doctrinal questions, to what my food allergies are. The ins and outs of BRITTANY! It ended up going really well. She said that I should be receiving my acceptance from Black Forest Academy by the end of the week. I was supr excited! Tuesday morning I was driving to work, already with my phone on silent. I pulled it out as I was getting out of my car and this weird number had called me...hmmmmm??? I listened to the voicemail only to realize I had missed a call from BFA! He said that they were having a board meeting the next day and would like to talk to me before then if possible. Yikes! They are 8 hours ahead of us. I quickly wrote him an email and told him I had an hour off for lunch. He wrote back saying he would talk to me soon. Oh boy! I had not expected to have another interview this soon - let alone today!
I drove home quickly anticipating his call at any moment... I wasn't home five minutes and my phone starts to ring. It was a great time to chat with someone from the school as they got to know me a little bit better. He asked me a few questions like the night before but this interview only lasted about 20 minutes. He said I would know their decision by the end of the week. I hung up the phone feeling pretty confident.
That leads me up to this morning... I woke up early, had prayer with Courtney and Michelle and off to work I went. I knew that their meeting was probably over and was anxious to know their decision. It was on my morning break that I noticed I had missed a call. Hmmm...another weird number! I compared it to the one from yesterday and sure enough it was from BFA. No voicemail message though. I thought that maybe within an hour or two he would email me with the news. I am still waiting. haha!
There is something incredible about waiting patiently in the Lord. Resting in Him and knowing that He is in control and has my best interest in mind is SO comforting. While I would like to know what this coming August will bring... I am content waiting.
Thanks for reading!
Be Blessed!
B
