Living life makes those God given dreams a reality
I keep looking at the e-mail and I simply cannot believe it. You wished for something 8 years ago, but when you looked into it you saw how it was bigger than yourself. The movies made it seem so easy, just make the decision and pack up your bags and go the next day, but it is truly more elaborate than that. So, you simply set that dream aside and continued with your life. Here’s the thing though, when you have a dream, and I truly believe it was a God given dream, living your life leads you to that very dream coming to fruition. I volunteered at so many events because I like serving people; I taught and mentored students because I love working with adolescent children; I went on mission trips to other countries because I love traveling, experiencing new cultures, meeting new people, and addressing their needs; I tutored women striving for their GED because I love teaching and making a small different in people’s lives. Again, I simply lived my life, and a couple of years ago my friend saw all that I do in life and asked me, “Why don’t you just join the Peace Corps?” He brought back to the forefront that dream I had so many years ago. There was a difference though, living my life had brought me really close to making this dream a reality. So, I went to informational events and researched as much as possible. I then met with a recruiter…and then a second recruiter; they both mirrored the same sentiments: I’m almost ready. They both told me what I needed to do and I did those things. They suggested additional activities to enhance my resume and I took their suggestions. They told me how my resume should be formatted and what the content of my essay should be and I followed those guidelines. So, two and a half years later I met with a third recruiter to go over my documents before submitting and all she could say was how perfect and ready I was. She could not believe I went back to school just for the Peace Corps, she told me she know the hard work it takes to format your resume properly and she congratulated me for that, and then she commended me for being serious enough about this to meet with recruiters and then taking two years to do exactly what they told me to do. At this point, there was nothing more I could do but submit everything.
The deadline was July 1st, it is June 30th and I already have my interview scheduled for 7:30am on July 8th. Things are moving fast! My recruiter told me the hard part was done, the rest was a brownie (I don’t like cake, so I’m going with brownie here). She had so much confidence in me that it was reassuring, but then it also made me cry. It's just, I had worked so hard for this, and according to her it was completely evident, and also according to her, I am finally ready!
Eight years ago I had a crazy notion, and it’s now so close now to being real. I need to prepare for my interview, but more importantly I need to pray that God is in control of this all, because if it was truly a dream from Him, He has me there already and there’s nothing I can do about that!
The deadline was July 1st, it is June 30th and I already have my interview scheduled for 7:30am on July 8th. Things are moving fast! My recruiter told me the hard part was done, the rest was a brownie (I don’t like cake, so I’m going with brownie here). She had so much confidence in me that it was reassuring, but then it also made me cry. It's just, I had worked so hard for this, and according to her it was completely evident, and also according to her, I am finally ready!
Eight years ago I had a crazy notion, and it’s now so close now to being real. I need to prepare for my interview, but more importantly I need to pray that God is in control of this all, because if it was truly a dream from Him, He has me there already and there’s nothing I can do about that!