'A Call'
As a young child in primary school I decided I wanted a job where I could be a Christian and help people. At 11 or 12 years old I didn’t know what that looked like. I wanted to be a youth leader and go to local schools and connect with the students that no one liked to hang out with. I was a child who would befriend the outcast. I found these people so interesting. They had stories of terrible situations, but they also thought a lot. I loved offering advice to them and sharing my love with these friends. By the time I was in high school I knew I was going to dedicate my life to connecting people and drawing the lonely and fringe people together. I started a prayer group in my high school and spent a lot of time campaigning for a chaplain to be in the school because I knew chaplains were the connections to the church in a secular community. I started a social work degree after school, but during the first year I felt unsettled and ...