the charter thing didn’t work out they found someone else. Let me just tell you that this job search is probably the worst thing I’ve ever been through in my entire life including the three years of wearing a patch on my eye. But interestingly enough a new job opportunity presented itself today. We ate lunch with the Children’s Pastor at Brookwood Church. He said he was having a difficult finding a person for this job that he had. He wanted someone:young-checkpreferably a guy-checkcould be in front of people-checkkinda techy-almost check He is looking for sort of a creative guy and someone to do videos and stuff. Unfortunately the last time I did something with that was in high school so the technology is so much more advanced now. But it could be an opportunity and it is full time as far as we know so maybe this is it…. Maybe this is my chance to start in the ministry. As Always God Only Knows!!! 
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Interviews wish they were as cool as they sounded
I had a second interview with Charter Media today. For those of you who don’t know what that is I will explain:Charter Communications is a Cable company sort of like Comcast, they have cable services, OnDemand programming, internet, phone, etc. You get the picture… anyways Charter Media is the company that sells advertising space to businesses around the area. So there are 48 channels that businesses could buy TV from to advertise on 24 hours a day or just during a certain show etc. My job is to get people to buy advertising time. There are a variety of different ways to do that but that is basically the outlook of my job. Honestly I’m nervous. Tomorrow they will make a decision on who they will hire. There are three people and I am one of them. Needless to say it would be pretty cool if I got the job and I imagine there would be many different possibilities and opportunities that could come from this position so time will only tell. But I’m waiting to see and there is a possibility that it could work out so check back here tomorrow to hear the update. out
The Homeless and Chinese Buffet
Last Night Josh and some students from Brookwood went to serve dinner to some homeless people in downtown Greenville. It was pretty awesome to see kids get stretched and pulled away from their comfort zone. We gave them food, clothes, a service with a skit performed by some college folks from some university around town and just hung out with them. Its always interesting to see that the same things we struggle with:family, friends, worries are universal. But we got to go home to our very warm house with our very warm blankets and very full fridge. It is and always will be an awesome and humbling experience. And how should you end a night like that you ask: Chinese BuffetThen the night got very funny. First Josh thought he would play this game that is very popular in Taiwan called “Leave your lights on your truck even though someone tells you that you left them on and hope your truck battery dies” and He won!!! So we tried to jump his car off and although unsuccessful we were rejuvenated by the sheer hope of chinese food. We had to make it in before they closed. 5 minute drive time (or so I was told) we left 9:40 got there at 9:47 and when we walked inside instead of finding the normally delicious smells of sesame chicken, lo mein noodles, and egg rolls we found the grotesque picture of them cleaning up the buffet!!!We were shocked and dismayed but after some careful thought and reassuring from the people at the buffet we decided to eat anyway. There wasn’t much left on the buffet but they said they would cook whatever we wanted. I’m pretty sure they wanted to kill us and probably spit in our food multiple times but honestly it was the best chinese food I have ever imagined placing in my mouth. Great night!!! out
No. 3?
Well honestly I’m not that upset about the UT game. With so much going on in my life basketball is not really a focus but I thought I would write about it.
We got dominated on the boards and shot horrible at the free throw line and were cold from the field not to mention the fact that we didn’t play like a team to get the win (something that we usually do without problem).
All of these problems and we lose by four. No reason to be upset. However how do we fall to number 3? We haven’t lost a single game besides losing to the number 2 team in the country yet we drop to number 3? There is some East Coast Bias going on here…
well at least Duke is very high in the polls.
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Greenville Here I AM!!!!
If you don’t know who I am here is what you should knowI am a Show Stopper I love to chill By the way Jesse and David you have to come as early as possible to Gville for the wedding so we can make some super cool videos.
New Start
Well I haven’t written a blog in sometime and basically its because I am sort of in a major transition in my life right now. After praying and seeking God for 5 straight days with everything I had I knew that He wanted me to just pack up and move to SC. I got advice, I got counsel, I got scared, I got hopeful and all of these emotions balled into one mass that spilled over when I arrived in Greenville. I have never had a more beautiful moment in my life than having God say “J.C. you’re here, time to start over” No job is the main thing for me… for those of you that no me this is absolutely nothing like me. My ducks are always in a row and while I am spontaneous I would never do something as risky as this. I still don’t have a job and my car broke down after I finally got to where I am staying so needless to say it hasn’t been necessarily earth shattering blessing. But the small things are rocking my world.
- I can see Kristen everyday!!!(if I could fill this entire page with ! it wouldn’t come close to how I feel about this.)
- I get to be a part of student ministry again (again no amount of ! can express how I feel)
- I got to do the game at Brookwood Church which I haven’t been in front of students for probably 5 or 6 months! It was awesome.
- I know that God is preparing me for something and I can’t wait to see what it actually is.
Super Tuesday
Well I would daresay that some of you today will be voting. I only would tell you a few things.
- Don’t vote if you aren’t educated about the candidates… the percentage of people that don’t vote around 20-48% depending on which resources you listen to, pales in comparison to those that don’t make an educated decision 60-85% again depending on whom you listen.
- I am including a link to a website that will show you a few of the stances that these candidates have
2decide.comSo as someone who takes this issue very seriously for multiple reasons please get educated about the candidates and don’t use your lack of knowledge of the candidates as a reason not to vote. Take some time to learn about where they stand and make an educated decision… out
Update time again…
well here is the update on everything:
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No job yet but still looking
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UPS has an opening at a call center and that looks like the best possibility right now.
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God has closed the door on several opportunities and for that I am thankful
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He is in control and I understand and am waiting for His opportunity to come
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Stacie is a national champion!!!
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The University of Memphis won two national championships over this past weekend: One in Hip Hop Dance (not her) and one in the All Girls Division (that’s her).
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She got a medal and will be receiving a championship ring soon….How cool is that?
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In other Stacie news she also has tendinitis in her ankle and could have tore her tendon over the weekend but God protected her and I apologize for ever calling cheerleading not a sport. She holds girls on top of her shoulders plus runs and flips all on an injured ankle. That is amazing!
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Look for her on ESPN on February 17th, which is also her birthday, huh.
Continue praying and I will continue to try and update you on everything.
Well God is Awesome…
So my interview went well with Aerotek and they actually asked me alot of questions about something I knew alot about: UPS…interestingly enough they hire for UPS Freight, which is a division of UPS and not necessarily my division but still under the umbrella.
But anyway the job is as a recruiter for a privately held staffing company. Sounded pretty good but honestly just doesn’t make my tongue drip with urging. But again when I say this realize that interviews aren’t all they are cracked up to be and also that the job search is about finding the job that God wants me to have for me and my family.
While I was here however, I got in touch with some people and had some other interviews set up. Synnex corporation and Jackson Dawson Marketing. Synnex would be more of an inside sales position. While Jackson Dawson Marketing or JDSouth as they call themselves is “a marketing firm” I got those interviews literally today and they said that they wanted to talk to me tomorrow, Thursday January 17th!! Man I am pumped.
One problem…there is now about 2 inches of snow outside of Josh and Renae Bradley’s house where I am currently staying and most of the schools in mid to upper SC are closed.
If you read this tomorrow or today on Thursday January 17th immediately I am asking you to drop everything that you are doing and pray that God works our a miracle. Please I was so pumped and am now extremely confused. Either way God is working, please pray.
John 1:50
Please read around this passage…this is what I read this on Monday of this week!!
anyways I’ll keep everyone updated.