The lady called from OCCU. I didn't get the job. Apparently I'd do good on the customer service side, but they were concerned about my lack of sales skill. What gets me is that if the interview had been this week, I could have said that I was the top warranty seller that week. She suggested that I work on selling things while at Shopko. Oh well.

A list:

• Interview went well. I have no clue whether I got the job or not.
• They're supposed to call sometime this week.
• I had three days in a row off this week.
• Thus, I'm in Madras with my parents
• Sunday I worked from 1 to 4.
• Interesting happening as I came into the store.
• I'll expand on it later
• I love books.

Random picture from the year 2003. This was right before school started and Josh and I were out taking pictures. I have several odd pictures from that day.

I just realized that I look like a beatnick in this picture. Too bad I wasn't wearing tie-dye...

I had the second interview for OCCU today. It went well, quick, but I think I was confidant and friendly enough. I should know sometime nezxt week whether I have the job or not. They give Part Timers benefits. Which would be totally rad!

Keep praying.

I'm not too inspired to post right now.

Once again it's early Saturday morning and I'm preparing for work. This time, even though I didn't get all that much sleep last night, I'm more alert. I did brew some good coffee (though I am getting tired of Folgers) and had breakfast. I still would rather be in bed, but I'm feeling like I can actually face this day. Kinda new for me 'cause I haven't had a morning shift here yet. I hope I can figure out what to do and get it done.

I watched Narnia for the third time last night. I still love how they cast Lucy, and Tumnus! The battle scene is still moving, especially when Aslan slays the Witch and Peter looks to him and the movement around him is all sped up. Very cool.

I was thinking that if they produce all except Horse and His Boy in the next 10 years, these kids should be old enough to play their parts in that movie. Think about it. They need to be in Prince Caspian, then Edmund and Lucy need to be in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but, besides HaHB and a brief scene (they're grown up though) in Last Battle, those are the only movies these actors need to be young in. Eustace and Jill need to be younger in the other three, but otherwise...

*shrugs* Just a thought.

Chera asked:
Hey, I have a question for you, if you don't mind me asking. You are a pastor dude now, how come you aren't searching for church jobs yet? Or are you already working with a church, and now you are just trying to get a supplemental income?

Wow, what a question! There's so many things going on in my brain in regards to that. Here are a few of them:

Why didn't I go directly into the ministry after graduation?

• Very interesting story there. Starting out in the fall I was convinced that I should stay in Eugene for another year after my Senior Year. My friends were here and I was comfortable in my church and enjoying life. Then, around the end of February, and beginning of March I started thinking "Well, maybe I should start sending letters out." Then my friend Josh got a youth pastor job and moved. That woke me up, made me think about my future and that all my friends weren't always going to be around. I was going to send some letters out, but never did so. As graduation approached, I was constantly thinking and praying about my future and what I should do. The leading I got from God was to stay in Eugene, rooming with my brother, and get a job. While doing that, help out at Christ Fellowship (my church).

What happened during the summer?

• It took a very long time to get a job, but God provided a part time retail position in the end of July.
  
• Right before starting that job, I went up north to Washington. I visited Josh and his wife at their church. That was so cool, getting to talk ministry and see what God has been doing in their lives. It really made me think about the fact that I really wanted to be able to do that. I want to minister, preach, and teach. I left Washington with the feeling that if I didn't get those opportunities at Christ Fellowship, I needed to reconsider staying in Eugene.
• Then Pastor Tony called me and asked me to lead the communion blessing. Later on, I got to do the end of service blessing. I met with him last week and he is planning on giving me more things to do and more practice. That is definitely a factor in why I'm staying here.
• Jack and Lisa lead the college group and we've talked off and on about me taking some leadership in the group this fall. That has been confirmed now and we are meeting for a planning meeting next week.
• Thus, I'm committed to Christ Fellowship. Probably up to the end of June, but if God leads, maybe longer.

You have a job, why look for another one?

• Retail part time job. Not a very high paying job and they have only given me 25 hours or so a week. While I'm succeeding at this job, it's barely making the bills.
• The position I just interviewed for is a part time teller. Tellers make much more money than retail. And there is the possibility for advancement.
• Besides, I think I'd enjoy that better than retail.
• Oh, one other reason is that I haven't had contact with non-Christians in a very long time. Working with them, I have the opportunity to live my faith and talk to them if they want to talk.
  

What's in store for the future?

• My long term goal is to go to Regent University in either spring 2008 or fall 2008. I am looking at two possible master of arts degrees there.
  
• If God opens the door for more ministry at Christ Fellowship, then I'll probably stay here longer than just this next school year.
• It also depends on the job situation. I have to start paying off student loans in December and if I'm still working a minimum wage job, that's not going to work out well. If by June I don't have a better job, then I may be looking elsewhere.

Chera, I hope that answered your questions. Oh and all my plans are dependent on God. If He changes things, then everything I do may change.

Good afternoon my friends!

The last couple of days have been quite productive. Yesterday I woke up, met with my friends, and then cleaned quite a bit. I worked on my cover letter and resume and got it printed out. My intentions were to go to an employment agency that my friend had referred me to. Well, I called them up and they told me that they specialized in people who had recent experience in that field. Well, I don't have any recent experience (besides the current retail job I'm working). I didn't end up going. Good thing I called.

I then turned my attention to filling out an application for Oregon Community Credit Union. A friend of mine works in Human resources and she hand delivered it to the recruiter this morning. And guess what?! I got a call for an interview around 10. I can't do it today, but tomorrow at eleven I'm going to be interviewed for the position (either a part time teller or a service rep in their call center). I'm totally stoked, this would be exactly the type of job for me!

I would request that you be praying for me. This is an opportunity and I'm really hoping and praying that this is God's plan for me.

Well, I'm going to go over to Fred Meyer and get a hair cut.

Life is rather slow right now. I basically go to work, sleep, do a few things in the morning, go to work, sleep, get a day off and try and hang out with friends on those days, then back to the grind. I'm doing well at Shopko, getting the hang of things and learning what to do. I'm glad, but I'm still thinking 25 hours a week is too little to live on.

I watched Superman returns with my brother. Very nice, kept a lot of the old movie plots and characters, yet wasn't quite as cheesy.

hmmm... Not much else to say right now.

See that new button over there? Yeah, that one -->
I'm trying out this Blingo thing. I know some people who have won and if I'm lucky, I might win too. You too, if you're on my friends list.

I'm winding down after a day at work. Nothing really spectacular happened today, which was a relief after yesterday's high stress day. But that's that and I don't have to worry about it.

Today I just woke up early, did devotions, went back to bed, watched a movie and went to work.

Tomorrow, being my day off, is going to be busy.

• Breakfast with Pastor Tony at 6:30


• Haircut


• Rewrite of my Resume and Cover letter (because Symantec is having a job fair and I want to go)


• Cleaning - specifically the bathroom


• Hang out with my friend Brandon (maybe at Scandinavian Fest, maybe not)


• Call a few people


• Inventory food and figure out what I'm going to live on for the next week

Baby Wilson

Baby Wilson
Originally uploaded by jcforgod.

I didn't do a whole lot today. What I did do is go down by the U of O and pick up a free CD Shelf. After doing that I walked up to the Pioneer Cemetery and took some pictures. It was really interesting to see all these headstones, some from the 1800s. I also find it interesting that this is pretty much smack dab in the middle of the U of O campus. I've heard some stories about late night wanderers...

I then returned home and put together the Cd Shelf. It needed some work, but it wasn't too hard to fix. I now have a place for all my Cd cases. The cat helped by biting the screw as I worked on it.

After that, I did some laundry and watched Stealth. David got home, and then went for a pizza. That was good. We played Cribbage and then I've been dinking around on the Internet and computer.

I have the hiccups. Last night at the party I got them briefly and then this afternoon I started hiccing. bleh.

Hard to concentrate when every few seconds I hic.

Apparently I spoke too soon. The girl I was going to cover for said the shift was 7:30 to 3. I got in and talked to the manager. Turns out that she was scheduled for 4 to close. There was an uncovered hour so I'm going in at 3 or 3:30. So I got up and woke up for no reason. Snap!

welll, at least I was able to go shopping. I got a five pound block of cheese. Most of it is in the freezer now.

I think I'm going to take the contacts out and go back to bed.

It's early Saturday morning and I'm trying to figure out exactly why I agreed to cover a shift... Oh yeah, the money... *blinks* I'm sitting here drinking bad instant coffee (Taster's Choice, bleh) 'cause I didn't want to take the time to brew a pot. Besides the fact that it's way too early, I have never liked working on Saturdays. In my opinion, (and my parents can attest to this) Saturdays are for sleeping in. Then, if you have to do chores, you should do them slowly and with as little effort as possible. Of course, that didn't exactly work out as a teenager, and now that I'm an adult, it most definitely doesn't work out.

sidenote: Who in the world keeps chickens in the middle of Eugene? I coulda sworn I heard a rooster.

I work from 7:30am to 3. First time I've done an opening shift... I have no clue what to do, so I hope the customer service people and the managers will give me a hand or at least point me in the right direction...

Oh and I got my shifts for next week. 26 hours, mostly 3 to 10, the closing shift. Thank You Lord for more hours!

I'm going to leave you with a question: If you could be a breakfast food, what would you be?

So I'm sitting here watching The Core with my friend Brian. I own it and have watched it several times. I was watching it and was wondering about the science of the movie. I googled it and This guy had some good points. Read it and learn. *grins*

It's interesting how Hollywood has messed with reality. Makes you wonder if any of these movies that are based on "so-called" science have good science in them.

God is good. I was scheduled for eight hours this week, Monday and Tuesday. Well on Monday, one of the electronics people asked me to cover a shift on Thursday, 4 to 10pm. Then I got a call today from one of the other gals. She needed me to cover on Saturday from 7:30am to 3:00pm. I said yes. So I got 13 hours more than I thought. It's great to see how God works. We prayed and God responded. So cool.

I'm a bit nervous, 'cause I haven't had training during peak hours. I figure I'll be on the phone quite a bit. Hopefully I know enough to make it through the next two shifts.

I had my friend Geno over tonight. He's the one who interviewed me (along with another guy) in June. He gave me some pointers on the interview, as well as telling me about ways to sell myself in my resume' and cover letter. Tomorrow morning I'll sit down and rewrite them and he'll proofread for me. I'm happy 'cause even with the ministry leadership class help on resume's I don't have an eye catching one. Geno showed me a lot about that.

I have two reasons for doing this. One is that I need to get a forty hour job with decent pay. I'm happy at Shopko right now, but I will be paying loans off soon and I need the extra dough. The second reason is that I need to have an idea on how to put my ministry resume together for when I send out info in the fall.

It's so interesting how God is working in my life. I got a job, my church is opening up opportunities for me to minister and I'm looking to stay in Eugene at least until June next year. Of course, that could change, but that's all in the future and in God's hands.

If I get a really good job, I might stay in Eugene for awhile. However, it all depends on ministry. I have this itch for ministry now and can't wait to see how God works things out.

Then I have plans for more education in the future. So we shall see where my path leads.

Dinner

What with all the people changing the look of their pages, I decided to create a new look. Since I've never done anything with brown and black, that's the color scheme I went with. I like it. We'll see how long it lasts.

Well, the fast is over. I sat down to check my email and before I knew it I was looking at blogs... *grins* I'm addicted to reading about my friends and their lives. I think the fast accomplished what it was supposed to. I have reestablished some priorities.

Now it is time to get ready for work.