When I was 8 years old, I was introduced to ASL and the Deaf community. I fell absolutely IN LOVE, and I decided that I was going to be a teacher for the Deaf. No questions about it. ASL was my passion, and I ran with it. I took ASL all three years of high school, competed in the state ASL competition every year, and even did an internship at the Deaf school in Salt Lake my senior year.
When I was 9 years old, I had the next 20 years of my life planned out. Here's how it went: in high school I was going to be the dance team, the basketball team, and get straight A's. On top of that, I was going to have a boyfriend. (are you dying yet? literally the OPPOSITE happened. I am the most uncoordinated person the PLANET and I thought I was gonna be on the basketball and dance team? ohhh man. And the boyfriend thing? Yeah freaking right) We were going to date all through high school, he was gonna go on his mission, when he came home we'd get married when I was 20. Then we'd have 4 beautiful kids, a boy, a set of twins, and then a little girl to make the perfect family.(I mean I guess the 4 kids thing could still happen, but probably not like that. Who knows)
When I was 16, God told me I was supposed to serve a mission. CLEARLY this did not fit into the plan that I had for myself. I fought it for a loooong time, before I finally got on board for what God had planned for me. I was going on a mission!! (refer to older posts about how I felt about that) So then I started re-planning my life because, well, I didn't expect this. So I planned out where I was going to college, what I was going to do after I got home, so on and so forth.
My plans got ruined a little bit when I found out I was supposed to go to Utah State instead of staying home in Salt Lake like I had planned. But that wasn't a big deal! Since I have a summer birthday, I'd just go to USU for a year, and then go on my mission. When I was 18, God told me that I actually wasn't going to serve a mission.... SAY WHAT? Refer to this post to hear the whole story.
SO- since I was going on a mission, clearly I was supposed to get married, right? That's what I thought. That's what I really, really, truly, believed. But once again, I wasn't right about how my life was going to play out. You think I'd be used to it at this point, right? Haha man..
When I was 19, God told me that I should be an Oakcrest counselor. (Oakcrest is a church camp for 7th grade girls) God told me to do it, and I laughed and said, "Nope! Noooo sir. You told me to go on a mission, and then that didn't work out. You told me that I should date that boy, and that didn't work out. You keep tellin' me to do things, and they don't work out, so.. no thank you." PLUS, working at Oakcrest would mean leaving Logan, leaving my preschoolers, moving home, working literally the whole summer... Yeah that sounds like the exact opposite of what I want to do with my life.
BUUUUUT- Oakcrest things kept popping up. Again, again, again, and again. So I said, Ya know hat, "FINE. Fine. Fine. I'll pray about it." Thinking that if I prayed about it enough, SURELY God would change His mind. But, because that's not how God works, that didn't happen. In fact, the answer to all my praying was, "STOP asking Me if it's right. I've told you, and you already know. It's up to you to decide." Yes, sir. Even though I had such a clear answer about what I was supposed to do, it took me about 3 more months before I decided to finally buckle down and apply.
I am not kidding when I say it was harder for me to get on board with Oakcrest than it was for me to get on board with a mission. Which makes ZERO sense, but here we are.
Once I finally accepted that I was going to Oakcrest, I got so so so so SO excited! I finally applied, sent all my things in, and was OVER THE MOON when I got a call for an interview! I was even MORE excited when I got the call a couple of weeks ago that I GOT THE JOB! Y'all, I got the job.
I am TOO stinking excited to spend a summer doing my favorite things: camping and talking about my best friend Jesus Christ. Camp starts in June, and I'm counting down the days until then. Preparing myself to be the best for all my girls.
SO REALLY- this was just a really long winded way to tell y'all that I got a new job for the summer, and I'm super duper excited about it (:
The end.
xoxo, Sas
FUN FACT: I actually was a camper at Oakcrest when I was in jr. high school. L O V E D it. I'm stoked to go back!
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