Official starting date/host family

Hello everyone! I just found out my official start date at West Side as well as my first host family. (I'll have more than one because of the time commitment involved). My official start date will be March 13, so I will be moving to the Tri on either the 11 or 12. And my host family will be none other than the Tucker's! I will be living in the apartment, so I'm sure there will be movie night's happening at my place. It'll definitely be nice to have my own little place, but only be a little ways away from a wonderful family. Well, that's all for now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Rebecca

It's official!

They approved my job tonight at Session! So in approximately 2 weeks I will be back in the tri! I am excited and a little overwhelmed with what I need to get done in those 2 weeks, but I'm sure I'll be able to get it done. I can't wait to be back over there and doing something that I think I will enjoy more than my current job. That's all for now, I'm sure I'll write something after my first few days there.

Rebecca

EEEEEEEK!

If only you all could have been in the cafeteria at William Jewell College this morning, you would have seen me jumping up and down.  I would be squealing, and you would probably laugh and think I was weird.

However, on this day of love, I found out that I am the recipient of a service award through my school which essentially pays for my entire summer trip to Haiti, pending acceptance as an intern with Mission of Hope.

Mission of Hope is a school, orphanage, and community center (which includes a health clinic - they are building their hospital right now) north of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.  I can't begin to tell you all how excited I am and blessed by this award.  It has totally given me freedom and taken the whole funding off of my shoulders.

If you have time in the next few weeks, pray for me as I await an answer from MOH as far as internships go.  Also pray that I do not hurt myself jumping up and down in sheer elation.

Miss you guys.

Not totally official yet, but...

I am the new CFM intern at West Side! It still has to go through Staff Committee and Session next week, but Heather is pretty sure they will approve it. But from a CFM standpoint, I'm in. This means I will be moving to the Tri sometime in the beginning of March. I talked to my boss about this today, she's excited for me. She would like it if I can stay on through the first week of March so that she can find someone new, and my start date at West Side is somewahat flexible, so I don't see why I wouldn't be able to do that. Thanks for all your prayers about this! Things I could use prayer for in the next few weeks: packing (a big hassle because I have stuff in storage and at my dad's house that I'll want to go through), the move, host family placement and all that goes along with uprooting. The rest of my life is going well, too - I'm working nearly every day, and have been able to see friends on the weekends. And I got to see my dad's side of the family last weekend (a combined get together of Christmas and my grandpa Datin's birthday). I guess that's all for now. I hope you are all well!

Rebecca

Time to play the waiting game

Hey everybody! I had my interview for West Side's CFM intern position on Saturday. It went well. My interviewer's were Heather, Kim Tucker, Peggy Wheeler, Amy Schammert, and Judy Tibbits. It was nice to know some of my interviewer's personally and recognize the other ones. Leading up to the interview I was pretty nervous, but then when I walked in, I was fine - I think the hug from Heather when I came in helped a bit. They liked how I thoughtfully answered the questions. And now I get to play the waiting game. They have more people to interview on Saturday, so I won't know anything for about a week and a half and I won't know for sure until the 18th (because of something having to do with session). When I hear back from them, I will let you all know what they say. In the meantime, prayers would be wonderful. I hope this finds you all well!

Rebecca