College Fact #1: It is possible to sharpen a pencil with toenail clippers

Wow, I can’t believe how fast this summer flew by. It seemed like it was too short at some points, and just long enough in others. But overall it was a great experience that I’ll never regret. I had the privilege of working on the Audio/Visual team at Word of Life Island for the second summer in a row and had the opportunity to watch campers grow in their faith for 8 weeks.

I have to be honest, during the summer it’s not always enjoyable. There are times when I would think “Why in the world did I come here AGAIN. I could be doing things with my friends at home, going to concerts, etc.” But later that day I would usually hear a great message from one of the speakers and I would have a totally different attitude. I praise God for the fact that I got to participate in helping so many young people hear about His word and what He’s done in the lives of the speakers and staff members. It truly is an experience you can’t explain until you’ve taken part in it. As a tech team we did run into some problems, but God brought us through. I’m sure we grew together as a team more then we realized through the difficulty’s and became closer friends as well.

After I headed home from the island I spent two weeks saying good bye, relaxing, sleeping in, packing, etc. and now I’m currently back up in the Adirondacks attending Word of Life Bible Institute. Right now we’re still in the stages of RA training week. Basically the deans and staff members choose students to be leaders on campus. Some of us will be dorm RA’s, some will be service RA’s, and some won’t get any position. The purpose of having dorm RA’s is too help the students grow in their walk with God, hold them accountable to Word of Life’s student handbook, and help them take care of their daily to-dos. Service RA’s do similar jobs, but instead of a small group of students, they are assigned to different work areas.

I am attempting to get a service RA position in either tech, admissions, or a type of office assistant. I just feel like those jobs have something to do with my previous work experience and talent’s. But I can be put in any position that the administration feels would be best. We all find out tomorrow afternoon whether and what we have a position in.

I’ll continue to blog when I can find time throughout the school year, but please be praying for me that God will continue to grow and mold me into the man He wants me to be.

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Posted by Ethan - 10/09/11 - 0 comments

 

So if you guys go back through my archives you’ll notice that last summer I went to work at the Word of Life Ranch. I had applied with the intentions of working on their “tech” team. But soon found out that you had to be 16 in order to work tech. Which was a problem because at the time I was only 15. After a couple months of waiting to hear if I even got accepted, I got a call notifying me I could work in the dishroom. I wasn’t very excited about washing dishes all summer, but I decided it would be a good experience and went anyways. After getting there, meeting my cabin mates and supervisors, I was glad I went. I ended up hating washing dishes, but it was worth it because I got to do so many other fun things.All right fast forward to the end of the summer. I ended up applying to go the next summer (this years) with the hopes that I would get accepted to work tech. After waiting almost 6 months I got an email asking if I still wanted to have them process my application. I emailed them back telling them I had changed my mind and didn’t want to work at WOL this year. But after thinking about it some more, praying, and getting a good nights sleep I emailed them AGAIN saying that I changed my mind AGAIN and would like to come work for the summer.Fast forward to March 31 2010. I received another email, this time telling me I got accepted to work tech this year. I was so excited! I’ll finally be doing the job I’ve been wanted to do for almost 2 years.As of today its only 54 days till I leave for my first year of Word of Life STC on the island. I can’t wait to see what God’s got planned for me this summer. I’m also hoping I might be able to “chronicle” my summer and make my videos into a kind of video blog that I’ll post when I get back.Moral of the story, don’t be afraid to go outside of your comfort zone and keep on trying no matter how young or inexperienced you think you are.

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Posted by Ethan - 26/04/10 - 0 comments