January 2008

Two-thousand-eight was off to a rough start about a week before it even started. My then roommate agreed to marry her boyfriend of about three months, which meant I had to think about moving at the end of March. I absolutely hate moving, and I have moved an average of once every two years. I loved her dearly, and still do, but I was miserable. Due to my constant moving, I've never felt at home anywhere. Plus, I really disliked living in Gresham.

This month was also the beginning of the end of my position at the City. Moments I don't want to relive, but great experience of dealing with bureaucracy and learning to take the fall for someone else. I also learned just how resistant the older crowd is to new technology. Technology that isn't even that new to us, it's just that they don't know how to use it. They're afraid of it--it might be the beginning to the end of their employment--rather than embracing it. At least if they embraced it they could make themselves more valuable to the company in the long run. What does fear do?

Notable News:

1.) I planned a training on Homelessness, which gave me better information and perspective about those without homes in my own city.

2.) I began a Word Perspectives class, which is also known as Pathways to Global Understanding. I got to do "school" again, which I loved, and learned the history of missions in a biblical sense. I also began to consider the changes that would occur in that realm.