A little insight..

So today I am meeting up with a lady from my church, who is a Registered Social Worker. I figured before I make any final decisions, I would like to hear what being in the field of social work is like from an insider's point of view. If I am going to commit time and money to school I want to be as sure as possible that this is the direction I want to go.. I am looking forward to hearing more about it and coming to a final decision. I had been thinking about going to school in Southern BC.. but with a lot of thought, I decided I just don't know if I can be that far away from home at this point. Well I know I can be as I've lived in Africa for 6 months, but with the choice of schools.. I would like to be closer to home. If after this meeting, I still feel very positive about going to school, I will be applying at Grant MacEwen in Edmonton for this coming Fall. Fingers crossed!

Just thought I'd post some pics of my trip to BC..



Ganges Harbour, Salt Spring


Relaxing afternoon at the beach


Sharai & Avery at the Treehouse Cafe in Ganges


Polly & I


Erin & I at Harrison Lake


Hangin with my wonderful old roomies :)

Well after a lot of thought, discussion and prayer, I have come to the conclusion that I am taking a step and applying for University. I'm applying for the Social Work Diploma Program for this coming Fall. I do believe this is what I want and it excites me thinking about going to school again! As for if this will happen or not, I guess I'll just have to wait and find out. If the doors open for me, I'll take that as a "GO", if they close - then obviously God has something better in mind or the timing just isn't right. And I guess thats the story so far..

Unending Decisions..

It seems as though each time I finally make one decision in my life.. another presents itself. Is this some kind of unending process I should have known about?? I'm not even kidding, I feel I've been overwhelmed with decisions to make this past year or two! Being on my own and indpendent definitely brings in a lot more opportunity in differerent areas, which means MORE DECISIONS!! Sometimes I just wish God would put a bilboard in front of me telling me exactly which way I need to go and maybe even throw a road map in the deal! Too bad that's not quite how God works :)

Here it goes.. Is school an option for me? At one point I seriously thought I would never go back to school, but lately it keeps jumping out at me. Honestly.. it scares me a little to think I might want to go back to school, its been way too long. I dont even know how the classroom/homework thing works anymore!! haha. But its almost like everytime I think about what I want to do with my life I hear the word school. I mean, it would only make sense considering most of what I would like to do with my life would mean getting a diploma or a degree. Why does school scare me so much? I guess I'm just so used to the 'working' life that it would take some adjusting. Not to mention, if I decided (there's that word again!) to go to college or university, it would most likely mean 'moving' again! ANOTHER 'decision'.

Being a follower of Christ, I know that I want to pursue what God has for me - I want His will to be my will. And so that means praying and working towards possible opportunities (such as school) and letting God be in control. All the meanwhile, trusting that He knows what He's doing - afterall, He DID design me.. All my passions and dreams come from Him. Right?

Feel free to leave me any of your comments or thoughts on school!