I'm moving to New Jersey!

All right, all right. Time for full disclosure. Everyone, I have good news!

I hesitated to make this public knowledge until I knew everything would work out, but now everything seems to be in order.

The last time that anyone asked about my post graduation plans, I had to tell them the whole diatribe: the week before graduation both my plans for next year (the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, for those who didn’t know) and the back-up plan in case JVC didn’t work out (my old road crew job) appeared to have fallen through. As of graduation day, I had no plans regarding the rest of my life. I told everyone I’d keep them posted if any new developments came up, though I admit I was depressed enough about the whole situation not to hold out a lot of hope for myself.

Then, a few days after graduation—which I spent mostly in my PJs, looking for jobs and feeling sorry for myself—JVC contacted me with a match.

They sent my application to a housing development in Camden, New Jersey that is in need of a social services program coordinator assistant. I interviewed for the assignment this past Monday, was offered the job on Wednesday, and accepted later in the day. It all happened very quickly.

All of this by way of telling you that I am moving to New Jersey in six(ish) weeks!

I am very excited (with an appropriate amount of “nervous” mixed in) to begin on this new chapter of my life! I prayed a lot over where I would go and what I would do with this coming year, and was very careful about what I asked God for (after all, He might actually give it to me). I finally settled on asking, “Lord, I’ll leave the details to you. Just send me on an adventure to do your will, and I’ll do my best.”

So this is it—my new adventure. I'll keep everyone up to date as the process continues, and I'll certainly keep up with email, snail mail, and my blog throughout the coming year.