Becky White 2002-06-26
From Summa Bergania
From : David Bergan
To : Becky White
Subject : Hi!
Date : Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:26:39 -0500
Hi Becky!
Geez it must be hot in Texas! We've been in the mid 90s the last few days. I can't imagine what it would be like any further south!
I saw Steve at Cory's wedding last May, but it has been forever since I have seen you! Where have you been? Where are you going? What kind of church job do you have?
I finally graduated from college. It feels funny to be done with 18 years of education, but I love it! Now I have time to read books for fun and dink around with some computer programming. Job? Well, not quite. I sent out over 30 resumes during the Spring semester and only had 1 interview... and I didn't get that job. So... I guess the computer programming market has shriveled up since I started Comp. Sci. three years ago. Anyway, I would still be looking for a job, except that my grandpa gave me a two-week trip to Slovokia as a graduation present. The trip starts in about three weeks, and I figure that there probably aren't too many employers that would want to hire a guy that is going to take off in less than a month.
Besides, I'm not so sure that I want to be bound to the shackles of a corporate business. All the signing contracts and stuff... yuk. If I had my wish, I would start my own video game programming company. So in my new-found spare time, I devote most of it to making a game with my friend. Will it get published? Doubtful. But if I don't try, I will always wonder if it would have made it. In other words I have to get it out of my system before I will be satisfied with another job.
But honestly, all of this is a footnote. If I get a clear vision about what God wants me to do, I drop it all for Him. (My dad thinks that I will find a burning bush or something in Slovokia.) There are plenty of days when I feel like I am the rich young man in Matthew 19, being told to sell all that I have and follow Jesus. And like that man, I walk away crestfallen. But that's why Jonah is my favorite prophet... he knew God's plan for him and ran the other way--got on a boat and sailed West. And God still used him. Even Moses didn't surrender himself to God easily. He put up a thousand excuses at the burning bush. And my friend Hans thinks that the Gospel of Mark portrays Jesus in a similar manner. After the baptism scene, in Mark, the Spirit CASTS Jesus out into the desert which is the beginning of His ministry. The Greek word used there is 'ekballo' which is the same word used when Jesus casts (or throws) out demons. Interesting...
In short, I don't know what it was that made you think that you need to pray for South Dakota people like me, but I certainly appreciate it while I am wrestling with the Gospel and waiting for a sign!
Have a great day!
Your friend with Christ,
David
