Picture of the week: Simon Casterating a Baby Calf. This photo I feel sums up my Alberta experiance and makes me laugh which is what I needed yesterday for my stressed out day.
I survived work. Being all by myself surrounded by 7 high needs and high risk youth is not my idea of a walk in the park. It was days like yesterday, when financial componsation at work seems increasingly petty and insignificant and survival at work takes over. I only had one kid out of seven totally blow up on me which was not that bad. It was a wierd feeling however not feeling supported and being totally isolated from help. It was not that bad, I am a man, or should I say I am "The Man" and was able to handle this situation. It reminded me of our Ontario Child Welfare System where it is not uncommon to have single staff agencies, those up and coming low budget agencies.
Don't Judge!
I got one of my assignments done last night. I took a caffeen pill yesterday because the taste of coffess is mildly gross and the need to complete work surpassed the need for sleep. Bad move I found out later after I breezed through my homework I found myself wide eyed and in bed talk to my roomie Dave. We have great conversations that usually end in mindless thoughts and my internal dialogue expressed outwardly.
Well, I am as giddy as a school girl because today is Friday. Youth is tonight and I am always exited for that. I am feeling a lack of motivation in the area of accedemics and really find myself not caring about school. Oh well, I miss home and thats all there is to it. Anyway I am running out of steem and stuff to write about. Take Care all you readers. Give me advice on what subject to write about. Are you all that interested in my life?
posted by Simon Weresch at 11:19 AM
3 Comments:
That's always a scary photo, I think. I think I'm the only person commenting on your posts, but it's really the only way I can keep in touch with you on a somewhat regular basis, I guess.
Good call on measuring financial success against surviving the day. You know my ideals: enjoy your work over its pay, but, of course, we run the risk of starvation for art's sake, or something like that at least. You're doing a good thing, despite how you think you're handling it, and it's okay to feel overwhelmed: it's a human response.
So now you're taking caffeine pills, eh? Sheesh, that's a rough go. I've never needed to do it because my insomnia's always helped me out on that end, but I could see it being a problem down the road. Sooner or later, the absence of sleep does crazy things to the mind.
I have a friend who's like you at seminary. He just wants to get the M.Div. over with so he can out and preach the gospel to the lost. I admire his conviction about his call; I really do, but I'm worried about not having the tools to do the job well. I'm not saying that everyone needs a M.Div. to do pastoral work well, but intelligence and pastoral care aren't completely opposite either. God calls for all of us, intellect and heart, to be caught up in the love of God and to sacrifice all that we are for God's sake; it's not that we can't do what we've done, because change has to happen, but we re-order ourselves in the way that God would have us ordered. I guess it's a question of allegiances.
Do you think that you can do your next year via distance education or something? Could you transfer your credits to a local college, such as Heritage in Cambridge, Emmanuel in Kitchener, or even Masters in Toronto? You might find saving money for the wedding a tad easier that way and you can get to know Jacquie and her family a little bit better than being two provinces away. I am, by the bye, not telling you this because someone else asked me to do so; I'm doing it out of my own financial and fraternal concern for you and your health. Still, after all's said and done, you'd know best what's what, eh?
How's Youth going at Mill Woods? Are you speaking there again anytime soon? If you're searching for things to write about, why not them or your times there (barring confidentiality, of course)?
Hey, did you know that Daniel Piper (remember him?) is attending Central Pentecostal College? I saw his picture in an advertisement for it in Beacon Magazine. I'm hoping, by the way, to start writing for Beacon soon. The PAOC Testimony won't take my article until January 2007, so I'm due to submit it by November 2006; it'll be on working with the homeless, evangelicalism, and social action and concern.
Oh, by the way, you should read the latest Time magazine because it's all about climate change and global warming? You'd probably find it interesting because there are interesting ways to "re-pay" the carbon emissions that cars produce. I can tell that you're rolling your eyes and thinking that I'm a hippie, but it's a serious issue and even your beloved George W. is hopping on the "green" bandwagon. In Edmonton, I'm assuming that you could use public transit, saving yourself a pile of money. Sure, it'd require a little more planning, but it'll be good to mingle with people instead of being locked up in your car all the time.
Katie has an interview on Tuesday so we're pulling for her on that score. She taught this morning and she's teaching on Tuesday as well. This weekend we're going to Aunt Pat and Uncle Andy's' house to paint Easter eggs. Oh yes, on Sunday, Katie and I are singing "My Jesus, I Love Thee" as a duet; it promises to be an interesting Sunday because it's (fasten your seatbelts!) "Heritage Hymn" Sunday! Joyce Lane and Elizabeth Averkaitis (I think that's her name) are singing solos; Elizabeth's at McMaster University for Music, so that's awesome to hear (no pun intended). I think I'll be doing my final field placement at Cumberland Christian Assembly so that should be intriguing too.
Well, that's about that. You've got a bit of me, a bit of commentary on your life, and bit of what Katie and I are up to. Hope you're doing well and not getting too homesick. Oh yeah, feel free to call sometime! See you!
With love,
Josh
Simon! I didn't know you have a blog.ME TOO! I think everyone has a blog now which is nice..
Simon -
You better keep this blog up to date as I intend to use it for my entertainment! No need to tell me how sad that is.....I've linked you to my blog.
Seriously, I am really excited to know someone who has a passion for youth like you do, and who is willing to get in there and get his hands dirty, so to speak. You don't just talk, you do -- that is awesome.
Take care --
Kathy
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