Hey guys! It's been a long time.
A brief update on my life: I finished the classes for my degree in December, and I applied to go to Korea to teach English, but because I won't be getting my actual diploma until May, I couldn't continue the process. :( It was a huge bummer. But! I moved back home to Georgia, and now I work at Starbucks, and I'm trying to decide what to do next.
I figured, since I have a lot of school debt, that I would go be an English teacher for a while and get my debt down, then join Wycliffe and do some short term missions. But, due to me recently going online and actually looking at my account, I found I could join Wycliffe right away! (They can only absorb so much debt, but I found out I'm already under that line!) It's pretty exciting. But now I have to figure on what to do.
There are lots of opportunities for me to teach English, and I'm taking classes for a TESOL certification on the weekends. I know this would be a lot of fun, and I'd be able to lice overseas for a while. I just need to work on my applications and get going, because the process has already started in most countries for starting in August.
But, since I can now go with Wycliffe, I'm wondering if I shouldn't do that. There's this really cool program called Spectrum, where Wycliffe partners with OM and you get to spend a year on one of their ships. It'd be super fun and I'm sure I'd learn a lot. I've been considering this program for years now, and I really want to go.
And, of course, there are lots of two year language survey programs, or literacy/Scripture engagement programs which would be interesting as well.
There's an update on my life. I'm not doing any overseas travel right now, but I'm letting God teach me about being a Christian at home. He is definitely teaching me a lot. If you want to pray for me, please pray that I could find the right program, whatever it may be, and that God would lead me. Please also pray for my friendships, family, and boyfriend, as I also have to take that into account if I decide to go overseas. It's a confusing time and sometimes all I want to do is keep working at Starbucks forever....
If you want to get in touch with me, to let me know of any prayer requests you may have, or to let me know if you are going through similar decisions, please comment, or feel free to e-mail me! (Sarahkarima@gmail.com) I'd love to hear for you.
God bless
Karima
