As my friend Scott wrote last week, he is now working as an addictions counselor.
i’ve grown up a bit since those days of security. for the second time since leaving the full time paid religious world i have had to look for work. it was a very humbling thing to not be called, day after day, for jobs that i was overqualified for. it was difficult to try to find odd jobs, ways of generating income when i had 8 years of post-secondary education. it is hard to describe how freaky it was. was. then the call came… a day later than they had said. i hadn’t slept in days. annette said it was like getting a call saying your kids were in a traffic accident – one call that changes your future.
i finally landed a good job yesterday. it is in my area of expertise (addictions counsellor) for good money with a great agency. i still have the club church on the weekends but i don’t take a salary – the orphans need it more than i do. all of a sudden i can breath again, think about christmas again, maybe order in chinese food occasionally. but something has changed inside. there is a subtle insecurity there now, an understanding of the tentative nature of life.
Congratulations. It’s good news and he will make a big difference in Maple Ridge.
