Application Time
Well I got my LBT application on Friday. There is a 9 pg. long document that includes demographic info, education & employment history, references, and info on health, financial responsibilities, cross-cultural experience, etc. I also have to write an autobiography--250 words on each of 6 topics--Family Life (birth-high school), College Experience, Employment Experiences, Marriage and Children (???), Christian Experiences, and General Life Attitude. So far all I've done is the easy questions on the 9 pager. I have to think about the answers to the rest, stuff like what I consider to be my greatest strengths and weaknesses.
I am giving myself about a year because it's a fairly involved application process, and that way if I'm not accepted or decide LBT isn't for me I have plenty of time to pursue a back-up plan. At this point that would probably be teaching Spanish, who knows where. I've never wanted to teach with my degree but lately I have had a couple of experiences that lead me to believe it would be rewarding and fun. I've also never thought I would make a good teacher because academics always came very easily to me, but a friend of mine recently convinced me that I would. She told me that I am organized, and since I'm able to organize things, I could also organize concepts and convey them in a logical manner to others.
I am hoping and praying that God will show me over the next few months if I should go the LBT route or not. Another e-mail would be nice! I love everything that I know about LBT so far, it's just that I don't want to move overseas by myself. The idea terrifies me, but maybe that's exactly why I am supposed to do it??? Although, part of me just wants to settle someplace, get a real, "normal" job, and move all of the things from my house in St. Louis that I would have if I really had MY own place and my house in St. Louis was really just my parents' house. It sounds so idyllic, but then again it could be a combination of my own sinful selfishness and too much HGTV. Every time I think that, I immediately return to the fact that I took Hebrew and Greek for fun in college, and there has got to be a higher purpose as to why I am that much of a nerd ;)
Until next time, blessings!
I am giving myself about a year because it's a fairly involved application process, and that way if I'm not accepted or decide LBT isn't for me I have plenty of time to pursue a back-up plan. At this point that would probably be teaching Spanish, who knows where. I've never wanted to teach with my degree but lately I have had a couple of experiences that lead me to believe it would be rewarding and fun. I've also never thought I would make a good teacher because academics always came very easily to me, but a friend of mine recently convinced me that I would. She told me that I am organized, and since I'm able to organize things, I could also organize concepts and convey them in a logical manner to others.
I am hoping and praying that God will show me over the next few months if I should go the LBT route or not. Another e-mail would be nice! I love everything that I know about LBT so far, it's just that I don't want to move overseas by myself. The idea terrifies me, but maybe that's exactly why I am supposed to do it??? Although, part of me just wants to settle someplace, get a real, "normal" job, and move all of the things from my house in St. Louis that I would have if I really had MY own place and my house in St. Louis was really just my parents' house. It sounds so idyllic, but then again it could be a combination of my own sinful selfishness and too much HGTV. Every time I think that, I immediately return to the fact that I took Hebrew and Greek for fun in college, and there has got to be a higher purpose as to why I am that much of a nerd ;)
Until next time, blessings!
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P.S. I can't believe you have a nine page application PLUS essays! WOW!!