Well let's this start off with my career choice and studies, I'm currently enrolled at Florida Christian college(FCC) working towards my BA specialized in preaching. Which asicly means I'm going to school tolearn how to be a effective church leader and preacher.
I think I'll do this in a list format in terms fowl judgements.
Family and Friends
- I come from a military family, I was set up to join the Navy right after highschool thanks to high asvab scores and immediate promotion via NJROTC.
Safe to say there were a lot of concerns from my family when I told them my plans, I was giving up job and finacial security by taking this route, and I was breaking tradition.
Most questions and comments focused either on employment or money, neitherwhich met others expectations for me.
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School-
Ridgewood was not a fun place to be a Christian, ridicule was fairly common though light in actualy meaning or intent, to other students it was just another joke, a hobby if you will. However it became different when my career intentions became known to others, simply put i've been misjudged as a ignorant,condescending, radical, science hating, homophobic,deserves what he gets, not to good of an idea to be a friend with kinda guy.
That and the whole jesus goes into a inn joke got realy old realy fast.
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College-
College has been more then enjoyable so far, however my career choice has been in doubt by a few people who don't know me all that well. I generaly don't have the at a glance appearence of a preacher. Seeing as I'm a quiet guy who prefers listening over talking, it makes little sense to others why I want to make a living out of talking.
Simply put they are the poeple whom have not heard me preach. I'm not the best i'm sure it's my God Given talent.
I think this might classify as rant, I'm sorry about not warning you earlier about the nature of this post.