Plan:
As of now I am a high school student. In three weeks I will Lord willing graduate! The weekend of graduation I will be moving completely into the apartment above our garage. I plan on spending this summer as a nanny for twin girls in Hendersonville. After things settle down I will probably get a part time job for nights, that could carry into a full time job once the summer ends.
I do plan to continue my education! (I want to make sure people know that first) Because of some family things and money. I will be going to be staying here in the fall. I will be taking my ACT this summer/fall. When I start in the fall I will more than likely just be taking one class. When I start all the classes my major will be Human Services at Vol State. Come spring depending on where the Lord leads me I may stay at Vol State or I may transfer.
Reasoning:
Being eighteen, I have been asked many questions! Here are some of those questions: Why aren't you going to your choice of college? Why are you waiting longer to start school? Do you consider this a sacrifice? Are you going to live and take care of your family the rest of your life? You do so much at home why would you stay when you could leave? Are your parents making you do this?
When asked some of these questions I got a bit offended. Truth is I have thought about a few of these my self. At first I was upset by my school situation. My dream and what I felt my calling was, was to go to a Bible college and stay in a dorm. I'd get a Biblical Counseling Major with a Women's Ministry Minor. I will not be going to my choice of college because 1. It takes money. 2. It is pretty far away. I will be waiting longer to start school because I have to take my ACT first. It has become a bit of a sacrifice, but I know that this will help me in the future.
To the question of taking care of my family my whole life the answer is most definitely! Do I plan on living with them my whole life? No. They are my family and I love them. I'd be a horrible person and a bad Christian example if I didn't help out my family when they need it. My normal answer to this question is another question. Wouldn't you take care of your family if they needed it?
At the beginning I was upset about staying home. I'm over that now and have a different mind set. See in the Bible times girls were raised by staying with their family, learning how to provide for a family, taking care of her family, and when the time came she would leave her family once she was married. (Numbers 30:3-4) When I did some research I became ok with staying at home. Now, I am going to have my own life and do my own things. I'm just going to continue helping out. My parents are not making me and forcing me to stay! I don't know where I'm going or what exactly I will be doing, but I keep getting reminded that God does. (Jeremiah 29:11)
My parents love me very much. I haven't taken my ACT yet because my Dad knows I do not take testing well. He knows that once I start studying I will get depressed and he doesn't want to bring that on me. My Dad has been one of very few people that has told me I do not have to go to college. Just because the world says I have to do something a certain way doesn't mean its true. My Dad is also the one having me move out to the apartment. He has been encouraging me to start my own new life. I've gotten a lot of slack being a teenager and not having a life. The truth of the matter is that I am a teenager I should not have a life. The time we are given as teenagers is suppose to be used to grow. We are suppose to be laying down the foundation for the rest of our lives not having a new boy friend every week.
I love my God and I love my family. I've realized my family is so much bigger than just the seven of us. I may not have a "life" yet. But my life is filled with family. I have so many family members from Church and 4-H. I could and would never replace all my mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, and uncle figures! I love all of you very much!
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