one more year
I have my job for at least another year. The city got it's grant award amount and the planning council voted on the decision of where to spent it. So, that's good news. The down side is I know Ryan White funding is on a downhill slide and there isn't going to be case management jobs forever. I am ok with it though, because what people mostly need is help paying for meds and dr appointments, and that is still being fully funded. At least I have another year to figure out what to do next.
I also been thinking the past couple of days of telling my cyber friends more about my church invovlement. Mostly because I know we all have a variety of beliefs and I want my friends to know that I respect whatever their's are. My every day life friends already know this about me, but I could see where there is a lot open for interpretation on the internet.
I recently went on a mission trip to Mississippi with a church I just joined. I took a two year hiatus from attending church after some very heartbreaking incidents at a church I attended in Wichita. That's a really long story but I can sum it up by saying you think you know people, then you find out what they really are. So I said, that's enough. No more church.
When hurricane Katrina happened, I felt so strongly that I should be doing something to help (as many of us did). I wanted to go there and do something. That's what made me decide to get involved in a church again. The United Methodist church is pretty good about organizing responses to disasters and I figured that was the best way for me to help out. I in no way, shape or form, believe in prosthetising. I just wanted to reach out a hand to our neighbors in need.
I feel good about the particular church I belong to. The minister went with us and I learned she can't wait for Bush to be out of office, is a Democrat, favorite drink is a margarita and her husband is a stay-at-home dad. I've found that most of the people in this church have similar opinions. It is still church, but it does give me the opportunity to do the things I like (like mission trips). I've gotten aquainted with another lady who wants to take a mission trip to Mozambique, Africa to help dig wells so people have fresh water to drink. That's the kind of thing I want to do.
I know that churches can be mean and church people hateful. I don't blame any one for not wanting to be involved or believe that kind of stuff. I don't believe a lot of it either. But, they also do some really good stuff and that's what I hope to do.
I also been thinking the past couple of days of telling my cyber friends more about my church invovlement. Mostly because I know we all have a variety of beliefs and I want my friends to know that I respect whatever their's are. My every day life friends already know this about me, but I could see where there is a lot open for interpretation on the internet.
I recently went on a mission trip to Mississippi with a church I just joined. I took a two year hiatus from attending church after some very heartbreaking incidents at a church I attended in Wichita. That's a really long story but I can sum it up by saying you think you know people, then you find out what they really are. So I said, that's enough. No more church.
When hurricane Katrina happened, I felt so strongly that I should be doing something to help (as many of us did). I wanted to go there and do something. That's what made me decide to get involved in a church again. The United Methodist church is pretty good about organizing responses to disasters and I figured that was the best way for me to help out. I in no way, shape or form, believe in prosthetising. I just wanted to reach out a hand to our neighbors in need.
I feel good about the particular church I belong to. The minister went with us and I learned she can't wait for Bush to be out of office, is a Democrat, favorite drink is a margarita and her husband is a stay-at-home dad. I've found that most of the people in this church have similar opinions. It is still church, but it does give me the opportunity to do the things I like (like mission trips). I've gotten aquainted with another lady who wants to take a mission trip to Mozambique, Africa to help dig wells so people have fresh water to drink. That's the kind of thing I want to do.
I know that churches can be mean and church people hateful. I don't blame any one for not wanting to be involved or believe that kind of stuff. I don't believe a lot of it either. But, they also do some really good stuff and that's what I hope to do.