Beginnings

So I am starting a blog. This is hard. It is tough to begin something. I really want to start this thing off with a really good post, something that will make people want to come and read it. I created this thing about a week ago and finally I got the courage to write an actual post. Anyway, those are my initial thoughts.
So I guess I will begin by telling you why I am starting a blog. About two years ago, I realized that I was about to graduate college in a few years, and I began to think about what I was going to do when I graduated. I wanted to do something that would be fulfilling to me and also involved serving my Savior. I began to talk about this with a few peers, and a friend suggested I check out an organization called Engineering Ministries International (EMI). So I did, and God seemed to place a longing in my heart to serve with them. Sometimes or most of the time you dream about something or envision doing something, and that dream fades like a fad. Well this longing to serve with EMI never did.
So fast forward to January 2009. I sent an application in to EMI right before my final semester of Architecture school began. And I waited. And waited. I had a few interviews with some firms and my prayer was continually, "God put me where You want me." So in April I got an email from EMI wanting to set up a phone interview. So I had my first phone interview 2 or 3 weeks later. Again I had more waiting. Seems like a trend. Waiting is hard, I have to admit, and I know you would have to agree with me. It is especially hard in a juncture of my life where I am trying to figure what to do after graduation. You want answers and quickly. But God has a plan and being patient for that plan is rewarding.
So I had my interview and thought it went well. They scheduled me for a second one in about a week. So more waiting. I also have failed to mention that this is all happening right around the end of the semester for me. And the end of the semester and especially the final semester of architecture school, can be quite hectic for an architecture student. Lets just say I did not sleep very much.
So the day came for the second interview. I call EMI, and my life changes.
They want me to intern with them in Uganda for the fall. God's plan is coming to fruitition in my life.
So that is why I am starting this blog. I am stepping out in faith and going to Kampala, Uganda in August. My hope and prayer is that you will partner with me in this journey and ministry that God has called and is calling me to do. I need your support especially in prayer and if God leads you, also financially.
Please explore the blog. There are a couple of links to the right you can look at, as well as, a few documents. Please continue to check out my blog for updates through out the summer and fall as I get ready to go and then finally go to Uganda. And so this thing begins. I will share more about EMI and what I will be doing with them, as well as, what God is doing in my life in some future posts.

And so this thing begins...