Change

Well it has been sometime since I have updated my blog and now I risk the possibility that no one will read this because you all assume that I have given up on blogging. Well for the record I updated for so long because of two things; being lazy and not really knowing what to say. However, my life has changed since my last blog entry and some of you only get "Micah Updates" via this blog so I felt that today was a good day to update.

Things that have happened since my last Blog....

• In August I went on a 6 day back-packing trip with my Parents, we started in Mammoth, CA and back-packed into Yosemite National Park. The trip was amazing, we experienced incredible contrast in the environments along the trail everything from desolate high alpine wilderness, snow to lush green Valleys with waist high grass. I saw some of these awe inspiring views in this trip. Physically the trip was probably the most physically and mentally demanding things I have done, even over the mission trips I have been on.
  

• Since I graduated in May I have been on a hunt for a new job and for most of the summer I was hoping to find a teaching job at a Christian High School. There were a few that I thought I might get but by the end of the summer I had not found a job, and with the on set of the school year it didn't seem that I was going to find a teaching job this year. I was frustrated about not finding something. My current job was only part-time and there was no way to increase the hours so I started looking for a job I could do on the days I was off. It was then that Bethany told me about a job opening she heard about at where she works. Clackamas ESD (Education Service District) provides teachers, assistants and Subs for classrooms of Handicap and Behavioral Children (k-12+) and they had an opening for a Behavioral Classroom Assistant at a place that is part psych hospital and part school. I So I applied for the job but after the interview I got a call saying that they were going to offer someone else the job but they wanted to know if I would want to Sub and I said "Yes!". Subing worked great I could sub on the days I didn't already work but the subbing job didn't last long because after about 3 weeks of subbing another assistant position opened up at sameplace the previous job was at and I was offered the job! So I now work full-time with mostly High School aged kids and so far it has been very satisfying work. It's been hard to really asses what constitutes a "good day" when I have kid who yell and curse at me, or wont work on their work all day but I have been encouraged by the development of relationship with the kids and my own improvements in the class. All in all this job has been and will be the most challenging job I have had. This is a non-Christian enviroment and since it is a public school I have to even more carful about what I can and can not say and so I have to rely more on my actions to impact the kids and staff. Dispite the challenging environment I am excited to have the opportunity to learn and hopefully impact these kids and the staff.

Well these have been the big events in my life in the last few months. If you want to see more pictures of my trip just email me and I'll send them to you or we can hang out and I'll show them to you and explain them to you. Also there has been some interest in me leading a short backpacking trip this coming summer if you intrested let me know. I hope this Thanksgiving finds you all surrounded with the many blessings of God and I just want to say how thankfull I am for each and everyone of you! You belss me in more ways than you can know, thank you!

Here are some more pics of my trip->