Even though I doubt that many people read my blog, especially now that I'm back from Alaska, there is always something interesting about writing and publicly posting one's experiences on a blog. Ok, ok. Facebook is exactly like that. Sharing public announcements about our personal lives, but this blog is the public journal that allows for more explanation than that one liner status update or always posting something and blowing up everyone's news feed. Anyway, I haven't written anything in awhile so I'm just typing out me reminiscing about writing on a blog.
What is this new job opportunity? It's with troubled teens at a Christian boarding school near Redding, CA. People there would ask me how I heard of the school and to be honest, I couldn't remember. I came across the website randomly while looking for jobs last year but could not exactly remember how I came across it. I read their whole website and read reviews on the school and was interested in working for them but didn't apply. Then came Alaska. But Alaska came and is now gone and I knew that I needed that to apply for the job. So I applied for this and another job that basically has the same job description but it was in San Francisco. I also knew about this organization last year and didn't apply.
After talking and having interviews with both organizations, there were pros and cons for both. The Redding job was in a nice area and Christian-based (by that, I know that they do not just call themselves Christian but truly live out Christ while helping troubled teens). Cons were lower pay and no benefits. They also had no cell service on their property and slow internet. The no cell service and slow internet are not real cons because I will be working anyway, but they are 45 minutes outside of Redding so I would have to drive out a bit to use my cell phone. The San Francisco job had full benefits, better pay, consistent training, scholarships for further education, and it was closer to family. I didn't seem to have many cons.
I had a phone interview with the Redding job two weeks ago then had a group interview with the San Francisco job a couples day after and then was invited to visit the Redding campus the week after. Both jobs will provide great experience.
I secretly really wanted the San Francisco job, but after touring the Redding job, I knew it would be best that I go there. So the night that I was at the Redding campus, I asked God not to give me the San Francisco job so that I wouldn't be tempted to take it. A few days later, I got a rejection letter from their organization. So that pretty much made my choice easy to go with Redding. I'm not saying that just because I wanted the other and didn't get it that I'm settling for Redding, but that I knew it would be too much for me to decide where to go if I had the option and I truly believe that the Redding job is where I'm suppose to be. I just didn't want to face that temptation so I asked God to take it away.
I'm on break right now on my first day of work and really enjoy being back. Some of the girls told me last time that I would be back. HA. I'm well moved in and have nothing much left to do except change my address. But other than that, this first month will be training and observing. I feel a little useless, but it's the beginning and it's generally that way.
