Much has happened in the last few weeks. I am struggling knowing how to start, perhaps mostly because I don't want it to end.
Because I had to leave the country at the end of April, I decided rather last minute, that I would use up my air-miles to go visit friends in Romania and on the way back to the States, see if I could get back into the UK on a tourist visa. Let us just say this did not go as smoothly as I had hoped! Thus, I now find myself back at my childhood home in Wyoming. I have spent the past week trying to re-animate my five-year old desktop (seeing as my dear laptop is somewhere in Uganda) moving back into my sister's old room (mine has become a sewing room), and learning how to trap shoot (because that's what cowboys do for fun).
It was actually fun.
I'm opting not to analyze what this confession suggests.
What's next?
No really, I'm asking you. ;)
My goal now is to find a job at an architecture firm where I can finish my 2-3 years of work experience and exams that I have left to take care of in order to finish off my license.
It looks like the first step to this leads me to the Chicago area for the summer, job hunting and working periodically at the Blackhawk Baptist Camp as a camp counselor. I've worked there two summers before while I was still at IIT, and I very much look forward to the chance to go back once again. In August I will be attending an EMI Staff Conference in Colorado Springs. If at this point, I still have not found a job I plan to go look further in Austin, Texas and then back here in Casper, Wyoming. If still nothing, professional trap shooting...or perhaps a masters in structural engineering...or apply for another UK visa...
I like to think of my time with EMI as not coming to an end, but temporarily put on hold. I like to think that one day, when I am a real architect, I'll find myself back overseas designing buildings that proclaim Christ's love and bring hope to the poor.
I can't thank you all enough.
To my financial supporters:
To my prayer supporters:
To my correspondence supporters:
To my friends:
To my mentors:
To my family:
For the money; for the prayers; for the correspondence; for the encouragement; for the faith; and for the love that made the eMiUK office function and grow as well as four amazing design projects to Patna, Monrovia, Vellore, and Kirambo happen,
Thank you. My life and many others around the world will never be the same.
with all my love,
Carissa
Because I had to leave the country at the end of April, I decided rather last minute, that I would use up my air-miles to go visit friends in Romania and on the way back to the States, see if I could get back into the UK on a tourist visa. Let us just say this did not go as smoothly as I had hoped! Thus, I now find myself back at my childhood home in Wyoming. I have spent the past week trying to re-animate my five-year old desktop (seeing as my dear laptop is somewhere in Uganda) moving back into my sister's old room (mine has become a sewing room), and learning how to trap shoot (because that's what cowboys do for fun).
I'm opting not to analyze what this confession suggests.
What's next?
No really, I'm asking you. ;)
My goal now is to find a job at an architecture firm where I can finish my 2-3 years of work experience and exams that I have left to take care of in order to finish off my license.
It looks like the first step to this leads me to the Chicago area for the summer, job hunting and working periodically at the Blackhawk Baptist Camp as a camp counselor. I've worked there two summers before while I was still at IIT, and I very much look forward to the chance to go back once again. In August I will be attending an EMI Staff Conference in Colorado Springs. If at this point, I still have not found a job I plan to go look further in Austin, Texas and then back here in Casper, Wyoming. If still nothing, professional trap shooting...or perhaps a masters in structural engineering...or apply for another UK visa...
I like to think of my time with EMI as not coming to an end, but temporarily put on hold. I like to think that one day, when I am a real architect, I'll find myself back overseas designing buildings that proclaim Christ's love and bring hope to the poor.
I can't thank you all enough.
To my financial supporters:
To my prayer supporters:
To my correspondence supporters:
To my friends:
To my mentors:
To my family:
For the money; for the prayers; for the correspondence; for the encouragement; for the faith; and for the love that made the eMiUK office function and grow as well as four amazing design projects to Patna, Monrovia, Vellore, and Kirambo happen,
Thank you. My life and many others around the world will never be the same.
with all my love,
Carissa
2 comments:
Aw you're such an inspiration to me, Carissa. :) I love you.
COME TO THE SPRINGS!
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