Guys! I leave in 1 month from today! Ah!! I can't believe it!! So much to do between now and then! I was talking to my mom this afternoon about a conversation that I recently had with someone. This person and I have 2 completely different views on a certain issue. In fact, I was shocked that they thought that they thought this way! I mean, they grew up in a different country, so they have a totally different way of thinking about certain things than I do, but I was sure they fell off the crazy wagon when they said they didn't think this particular issue was a "big deal." So I went to another friend who is also from another country and she totally agreed with this other person! In fact, she said that I just think it's wrong because I grew up in America, but everywhere else this is not a problem. I wasn't sure what to think... I mean, as a white, American girl, raised in a conservative, christian home in the Midwest, am I really that sheltered? Is my view of the that crazy?
Ok, back to the point.. So when mom and I were talking she told me that my year in Europe is going to be very eye opening. I'll see and hear and learn things that I didn't even think existed... And I'll gain a totally different perspective about a lot of things... I will hear things from the perspective of people who don't necessarily think that America is as great as I do. In fact, here's a shocker, they may not even like Americans. (what?!) That got me thinking, am I really ready for this? I mean, sure it's going to be great. I'll have the time of my life and it's going to be an amazing adventure. But I kind of like the way I think about things. Oh well. I guess my world will expand from the size of a pin head to maybe the size of a silver dollar. I'm excited. And I'm really nervous. I just hope that while I'm there I can stay rooted in my faith and know that above all else, only 3 things really matter in life: God, faith and family. Everything else is just... meaningless
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Blog 1 of..... who knows how many
Hi guys!
Well, here I am. I leave in 40 days. I can't believe it!! It seems like I accepted this job only a couple of weeks ago, and now I leave next month. Crazy how time go by! Most of you know why I am going over there, but for those of you who don't.. here's the low-down :o)
I heard about this job on a website called greataupair.com it is a website that lets you have direct contact with the family, so you don't go through an agency. Anyway, I put in tons and tons of applications for jobs all over the United States and wasn't having very good luck in finding a job. But I knew that I wanted to do something with kids. So I decided to check out greataupair ( I heard about it from a couple friends). I put my resume up and about 2 months later this job came up. The timing was amazing. I had just turned down a nanny job in Chicago because I didn't have peace, and I had just been turned down for a job that I really wanted. Bummer. But the same day I found out I didn't get the job I wanted, this one came open. I thought.. "Holland? REALLY?" But I replied and said I would like to hear more about this job. The family called me and we talked for awhile and it sounded to good to be true. That night I called mom and dad, hoping they would tell me I'm crazy, and they said it sounded amazing! So, I prayed about it and really tried to find something wrong with this job and couldn't find anything. They are paying for my ticket there and back, they pay 1/2 the cost of any course I want to take while I'm there (i'm taking Dutch) and they take me on family vacations if I want to go (last year they took Camille, their nanny, to France for a 10 day ski trip!!) 2 weeks later I accepted the job. And now, here I am getting ready to go on a crazy, exciting adventure.
I can't believe that I"m going to Holland for a year... really, who does that?! Me apprently! lol. I'm really excited to see what God's purpose for me going to Europe for a year is. Maybe it is to witness to these people (they are Christian by title, they do the holiday church thing), maybe I'm going to meet the Queen and she will want me to be her personal assistant. HA! Who knows. Can't wait though.
Please pray for me as I prepare to go on this once in a lifetime adventure. I'm getting nervous, but I'm more excited than nervous. Pray that my eyes, ears and heart would be open to whatever the Lord has for me to do. Oh ya. And I have Skype! So add me!! angie.l.mitchell
Well, here I am. I leave in 40 days. I can't believe it!! It seems like I accepted this job only a couple of weeks ago, and now I leave next month. Crazy how time go by! Most of you know why I am going over there, but for those of you who don't.. here's the low-down :o)
I heard about this job on a website called greataupair.com it is a website that lets you have direct contact with the family, so you don't go through an agency. Anyway, I put in tons and tons of applications for jobs all over the United States and wasn't having very good luck in finding a job. But I knew that I wanted to do something with kids. So I decided to check out greataupair ( I heard about it from a couple friends). I put my resume up and about 2 months later this job came up. The timing was amazing. I had just turned down a nanny job in Chicago because I didn't have peace, and I had just been turned down for a job that I really wanted. Bummer. But the same day I found out I didn't get the job I wanted, this one came open. I thought.. "Holland? REALLY?" But I replied and said I would like to hear more about this job. The family called me and we talked for awhile and it sounded to good to be true. That night I called mom and dad, hoping they would tell me I'm crazy, and they said it sounded amazing! So, I prayed about it and really tried to find something wrong with this job and couldn't find anything. They are paying for my ticket there and back, they pay 1/2 the cost of any course I want to take while I'm there (i'm taking Dutch) and they take me on family vacations if I want to go (last year they took Camille, their nanny, to France for a 10 day ski trip!!) 2 weeks later I accepted the job. And now, here I am getting ready to go on a crazy, exciting adventure.
I can't believe that I"m going to Holland for a year... really, who does that?! Me apprently! lol. I'm really excited to see what God's purpose for me going to Europe for a year is. Maybe it is to witness to these people (they are Christian by title, they do the holiday church thing), maybe I'm going to meet the Queen and she will want me to be her personal assistant. HA! Who knows. Can't wait though.
Please pray for me as I prepare to go on this once in a lifetime adventure. I'm getting nervous, but I'm more excited than nervous. Pray that my eyes, ears and heart would be open to whatever the Lord has for me to do. Oh ya. And I have Skype! So add me!! angie.l.mitchell
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