Nov 24, 2008
What do you do for a living? (Another easy post for anyone to comment on)
Last month, many of you introduced yourselves by name, town, and church.
So here’s a natural next question: What do you do?
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I teach fourth grade. I don’t think there is a better job out there……for me.
I crunch some numbers at an insurance company. It’s not my love so in the evenings I raise support to get back to western Austria as a missionary. Hopefully, in April 2009.
I’m an upper school (11th/12th grade) Language Arts teacher at a small, private school for students with language-based learning differences.
The students most fit for our program are kids with dyslexia (I was pumped at your relatively recent post about dyslexic-friendly website formatting!).
However, we have a spectrum of learning-different kids: dysgraphia, slow processing, ADD (not officially a learning related difficulty)…+ many more.
Not my background or what I thought I’d be doing, but something God’s had me/grown me in since I graduated from college in ’06.
http://www.dvfs.org
Wife for almost 31 years now and mom of 4 children… 2 adult and married, one in college, one still at home in high school and taking care of my aging mom in my home.
MOM 24/7, Intercessory Missionary at IHOP-KC, Adoption Consultant, Art Teacher (3 hrs a week)
Unix/Linux systems administrator at a Fortune 500 company.
Youth Pastor at a small church in Carrollton, TX. We’re currently going through “Don’t Waste Your Life” on Wednesday Nights.
I’d like to open up my own technology company, building robots and other technological marvels, but I don’t have the start-up capital… yet.
IBM IT Specialist.
Pastor of a small, elderly, rural congregation.
Photographer and Graphic Designer both in my own business and art directing for a local ad agency.
programmer analyst/database administrator for Cemstone in Mendota Heights, MN.
Graphic designer by day, illustrator by night. I eventually want to do freelance illustration full time.
Right now I manage maintenance records for rental equipment for a company who services oil rigs. I also am working on a master’s degree at NOBTS.
Graduate structural engineer, learning how to make buildings stand up!
I am a social worker (child & family specialist) for a non-profit agency– Presbyterian Children’s Homes & Services!
Focus on family preservation and everything that entails!
Wife and mommy. Before having children I worked for a federal politician (canada).
Executive Pastor at Grace Church in Erie, PA.
I work 24/7 as a wife, mama and teacher but don’t make a dime. I wouldn’t trade this job for anything in the world.
Administrative Assistant at a wonderful Reformed community church in southeast NC.
I know you posted this a long time ago, but what church? We live in Wilmington, NC and are church hunting.
Project Engineer at a company that manufactures water heaters and boilers
Wife of a church planter and mom to Honor, Patience and Justice.
Nurse practitioner at a college healh center
Hehehe. Student. (Though I do office jobs in the holidays)
I worked in the music industry for 10 years but then gave it up to get married in serve in Mongolia with my wife. Been here for 10 months with another 7 to go.
Software engineer and certification specialist at a large avionics manufacturer in Iowa.
Web developer/systems administrator in Memphis, TN.
I am an administrative assistant at Southern Seminary
Minister of Music and Evangelism at a Southern Baptist Church in Alabama
Home schooling mom of one (two are in high school), wife to worship pastor.
Wife, mother of three teens, daughter of 2 elderly, ill parents.
A retired homeschooling mom, I now teach co-op classes for homeschoolers in our town. I am a wife of 28 years, with two married sons and a mother-in-law in residence.
I’m a youth minister at a pretty good church in Richmond, VA.
Full-time university student, part-time elementary school para. Love it!
I work for a Fraternity. I develop educational programing and resources for our undergraduate chapter members. Yes I know its a surprise that their is educational programing in Fraternities. I am also responsible for administering and coordinating assessments.
These questions seem a bit shallow ;-)
No not really….
Full time wife, mom, homeschool teacher, writer, author, and homemaker. It’s a perfect fit for my life!
I sell tax and accounting software to CPAs and other tax professionals.
Easy… it’s not as exciting as it sounds.
I work at home doing transcription – medical, legal, dental, whatever. People talk, I type :).
I serve as admin. assistant for the two pastors of a Sovereign Grace church in the Chicago area, and I teach literature and writing for a home-school co-op.
I fold gospel literature, tracts, booklets etc in a mission that prints & ships free of charge to mostly third world countries.
http://www.revivalmovement.org/
Or I often blog about it
http://garyboalnireland.blogspot.com/search/label/Every%20Home%20Crusade
I am a web editor/copywriter at a Christian university.
I’m a student at Drexel University, but am also working as a Media Relations/Strategic Communications co-op for a Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) namely: PJM Interconnection. You probably don’t know what that means, but Wikipedia explains it better than I could.
I’m a pastor for cradle to college.
I spend a lot of time dreaming about the future and helping people solve problems.
Campus minister
Designer for websites, packaging for albums, owner of Portland Studios, interface design for NoiseTrade.com
Electrical Engineer for Starkey Labs, a hearing aid company in Eden Prairie.
I am a RN working in newborn nursery (secondary vocation) ,
my primary vocation is being the yank wife to my lovely hunk of irishman and mum to 3 wild children (2 boys and a girl). life is crazy good.
Intercessory Missionary at IHOP-KC (same workplace as Tracie Loux, above), online tutor
Customer service for the adhesives division of a large multinational. Our customers are companies that make stuff (tape, boxes, envelopes, furniture, etc.). Diapers to coffins, really…
I’m a full time, newly homeschooling mom to our 5 year old and 5 month old and wife to a pastor. That brings all sorts of “jobs” with it.
I study language and culture while working with Mongolian college students and young people in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
financial analyst
I am the director of advancement at a pregnancy resource center.
“Marketing” aka whatever everyone else doesn’t want to do. :)
Mother of Four by day.
Artist {kinda}, by night:
http://www.wispofwhimsy.ca/
Peace Corps volunteer in rural El Salvador, working with local government and public schools.
Stay at home mom to boys aged 7, 6, 4, and 3, and a girl of 3 months.
By day I am an office administrator at a small advertising/marketing agency. By night I am coordinating a class, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, & raising support for a Feb. trip overseas.
Homeschool mom, minister’s wife.
Raising support to join a church-planting team in Prague, CZ as ass’t pastor and worship leader.
Wife to one amazing worship pastor & Mom to four incredible girls (3-8 yrs. old).
Stay at home mom of two kids – 2 and 3 years old. Part-time website designer, programmer, graphic artist, etc.
Am an executive associate at nonprofit in the Chicago Loop… basically, I do everything that no one else in my small(ish) office is assigned to do:-)
Pastor in Kansas City
Bi-vocational Pastor/Systems Analyst.
I am currently on unemployment insurance. I suspect I am not the only reader here in this situation.
Stay At Home Mom + I babysit a friend’s child
Have to do some catching up:
Juli Jarvis
Buffalo, WY
Grace Fellowship
Piano Accompanist for High School
Assistant minister in a church on the edge of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Only recently started, but I love teaching people about Jesus.
[PS - that was 22 words of an introduction!]
I am a stay at home pops in the cement jungle of downtown seattle and a part time seminary student, while my wife is completing a residency at a local hospital. After her residency we are heading to the mission field in Haiti.
I’m a God-centered, life-loving starving artist. =) I work 1 day a week at Starbucks and I’m a full-time photographer. One day I hope to go into international missions photojournalism. My work: ampersandphoto.blogspot.com.
Art director at an ad agency.
I am honored to be able to stay home and raise my children, fold our laundry, clean our toilets, play hide-n-seek, stay in PJs till noon (sometimes later), cut and paste, sit on the floor and play, color with markers, and greet my husband when he comes home from work. I love it!
I work part-time as the clerk/secretary/office manager for our church. I also go to school full-time.
What do I do for a living?
I study, am a good daughter, and spend my pocket money wisely.
I am a youthworker. Lenzie union parish church employ me.
I sell commercial wood flooring by working with architects and interior designers.
I work for Peacemaker Ministries in the Resource Room – putting together handouts and manuals for events and fullfilling individual bookstore orders.
I am a full time mom!
Prior to becoming a mom I taught Kindergarten.
I teach English in various companies in the Czech Republic and I love it!! :)
Kristy B.
Franklin, WV
Living Faith Church (Sov. Grace Ministries)
I”m an Admission Cordinator/ Social Worker in a long term care and assisted living facility. The Lord blessed me with this job at the perfect time 3 months ago, and I absolutely LOVE what I do!!!
Now I am student of Classical Philology.
We’ll see what I ma going to do for living =P
I have a name.
I live in a town.
I work for a church organization.
;-)
I am a tentmaker missionary teaching college students and sharing the gospel in Taiwan.
I am finishing my 4th year of university in a combined education program – I get my BA in Contemporary Studies and History from one university and my BEd from another university at the same time! Lots of fun!
I’d like to go into Education Theory as it relates to the Church, and God is doing some pretty neat stuff in my life right now – so I’m excited to see where I’ll end up!!!
I make burritos, and I study engineering.
Pastor
Young Adult Ministries Pastor
I’m in my senior year at Ouachita Baptist University, studying biology and chemistry. Planning on getting my master’s to become a Physician’s Assistant and work overseas in medicine and teaching ESL.
I work for a consulting firm that helps insurance companies operate more efficiently.
I am a youth minster at a small church still working out what it means to be a church.
A church on fire to be something and it doesn’t yet know what that something looks like. This leads to many deep and weighty discussions about things that matter….. I love it!
Full time stay-at-home mom, and part time graphic designer (mainly designing bookcovers).
I’m an English and History teacher living in Kuwait.
I’m a humanities teacher in a Christian school with a classics model in the Twin Cities (Trinity School at River Ridge).
Currently I teach senior New Testament (historical-critical methodology), the 12th grade humanities seminar (Medieval to Modern philosophy, theology, poetry, and literature) that meets 2 hours a day, Global Issues (applied problem solving and world-shaping sandbox of a course), and 8th grade Literature and Composition.
to Scott: Mr. Austin visited our school last year and spoke to our global issues course!
to Jimmy: Pretty Good Church should be a band name or emergent book title or something.
to Laurin: Me too!
Work for an agricultural company: my team is responsible for internal communications, the corporate web site, news research, social media and issues management.
I am an undergraduate admissions professional at a national university in Nebraska.
I’m an environmental technician with a groundwater geology consulting firm.
God provides through husband who designs, builds and sells homes.
Homeschooling finished after graduating 3rd daughter last year.
I’m again in transition.
I’m a web developer. I make web applications for my employer, and occasionally make websites and other web stuff for friends / acquaintances / other companies too.
i get paid to learn about linguistics for the next five years, after which point i’ll hypothetically have a Ph.D. . . . it’s a lot like being an indentured servant to the department. so far i like it.
i also tutor kids ranging from 2nd to 11th grade, and that’s pretty fun too.
I supervise parties for a high-end catering company in Chicago. And I get to drive a big truck :)
I am an artist and photographer, but I earn a living at CBN as a Database Administrator.
I’m a full time student, studying design in Los Angeles. I have a part time internship at a design studio and I also work part time at a TV production company. I’m busy, but I have fun!
Domestic Engineer. Mater De 5. Sometime writer. Amateur blogger.
I’m technically a software designer but don’t think of a programmer who sits in the dark with 10 computers – couldn’t be farther from my personality and what I really spend my days doing! :)
I am a wife of 24 years and homeschooling mom of three. Only homeschooling one now as the others are 19 and 22. Being a homemaker is the best job inthe world! Back in the day I was a secretary…..used a typewriter and carbon paper!!!
I’m a professional nanny. In simple terms, a very well paid babysitter.
I think I missed last month’s post, but I live in Arkansas (moving from one part to another).
I have recently changed jobs. I used to work in the consumer goods manufacturing industry; I now work in the renewable energy field for a company that makes parts for wind turbine generators. I am in global planning and customer satisfaction — some people call that “supply chain management”, but those people don’t successfully manage to supply anything.
I am a project manager on the client side of a popular market research online panel company. I am so grateful for my job and feel privileged to work for a great company here in Dallas.
I am a college student at Cornell. I’m part of the Korean Church at Cornell.
I am a wife, mother and homemaker.
My husband makes all the money, I make it work.
i’m an RN at minneapolis childrens hospital on the hematology/oncology unit
Baptist missionary in Crato, Ceará, Brazil.
I am a missionary at a camp in Ekalaka, MT. I have been here for the past two years and will be here until God takes me somewhere else!
I’m the Director of Ticket Operations for a minor league baseball team.
Linguistics Professor at a mid-size urban university
I was a professional musician, educational policy wonk, and photographer’s assistant (not necessarily in that order!) before I ‘got a real job!’
Most important job: being a Godly wife and mom of three daughters and stepmom to another four.
I produce a daily Christian talk radio program and work part time as a worship leader for a medium sized Presbyterian Church.
To the moms on this list: you rock.
To Elizabeth Patton: I just passed out from exaustion reading your post. Seven kids is a blessing — one I would never be ready for.
Run a family of 5, study theology at SBTS, lead a college ministry at Sojourn Community Church, make coffee for lots of people at Starbucks
Senior at University of California, Davis. English/History. Going onto graduate school to become a high school teacher.
I do marketing and PR for a credit union. I get to design, plan events, write, and teach financial literacy. It’s the perfect job for me!
I work from home in NC for a mission agency, to support chronological Bible storytelling in oral societies.
Stay at home mom….homeschool my little boy with multiple disabilities, including hearing loss. God prepared me to do this for over 10 years before adopting him….God is so good!
Frank-
Lol. Me too.
Editor for a ministry magazine. Freelance writer.
I am a…(insert way to long of a title)”Continuing Quality Improvement Manager”… For group homes with Adults living with disabilities.
I’m a student at Reformed Theological Seminary, and I hope to be working for RUF (Reformed University Fellowship) within the year. And I’m REALLY excited. !!!!!!!!!!!!
I teach composition and literature at a university and at a community college.
director of international affairs at major research university (and, god-willing, in final stages of the long hiring process before heading to the fbi academy in quantico, va for training as a special agent in counterintelligence)
I work at Sandals Church in Riverside, CA. I’m the Worldwide director so I plan, train and send all of our overseas teams.
I’m an auditor at a Big 4 accountant firm.
I am the Associate Pastor of Calvary Community Church in Brentwood, CA (northern CA, not the infamous OJ Brentwood) :P
Line technician -
Fuel, taxy, pre-heat airplanes. Work with pilots.
Student at University of Louisville.
(Hoping to be a cartographer)
I’m a full time Film Student and part time custodian/janitor/promoter of cleanliness at Bethlehem Baptist Church.
to Josh Baylor -
I love Sojourn and the impact it has had on the community here in Louisville. Keep up the good work.
I’s a momma and a wife.
And I love it.
I’m a wife and a mom to a sweet little guy. And an ER nurse for a few hours each week.
I teach first grade. One day, though, I want to be a homemaker and have some children of my own. :)
I am a consumer compliance bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Way to go stay-at-home moms. May God bless your ministry.
I teach high school math at a residential school for the deaf.
to Josh Taylor – I lived at SBTS for 6 weeks a few summers back and think some of my fellow “missionaries” ran a kids kamp at your church for a week. :-)
Trained as RN.
Mom of four, used to homeschool
Missionary on hold. Write – for another country.
Work part-time in a nursing home.
Teach “stragglers” in my kid’s school, evaluate curriculum..
my life doesn’t fit in 22 words – I tried!
Another RN but in a rural (Canadian) Homecare setting.
Helpmate to Kurt, AND a new mommy!!
(can you FEEL my big grin as I type that?) I have to say the second two roles are my favorites…
Product development for British Telecom in the UK and also lead the music ministry at Burlington Baptist Church in Ipswich, UK.
A wife and stay-at-home momma, working part time (from home) as a grant writer.
I’m a wood microbiologist and I study wood deterioration of historic structures in Antarctica.
Wife to Jimmy (posted above…he’s a youth minister), mom to our 4 month old little boy, and during the day I work at the International Mission Board sending missionaries overseas!
I am a Service Program Manager at a company that makes those small little chips (semiconductors) that are in your cell phone, cars, bluetooth, gaming systems, appliances, cable set top boxes, cell towers, servers, dang it… there just about in everything! This is my real job… the one that pays the bills! They are letting me work from home, which is very nice!
My other job is as lay college minister where I get to build relationships with college students and invest in their lives. This is the job I love… it does not pay the bills, yet it does!
pastor
Medical Doctor in India…
I see low income Muslim Weavers in one hospital, I see European travelers in another hospital, I write long emails to people with health problems in remote areas of the world, I skype with others in developing nations, I attempt to diagnose rashes over video skype or from photos sent via email, I explain pain and disease to people in English to people who don’t speak English as their primary language, I comfort, I cry with those who are crying, I laugh with those who are laughing, I sit in amazement at stories of suffering I am told and can never retell, I show compassion when I am bored, I show compassion when my guts are twisted in nausea at the ugliness I hear about, I restore years that which were eaten away, I listen and listen, I say, “I understand” and “We see this sometimes”, I spoon feed those too ill to do it themselves, I quote the Bible, I encourage people to read the Bible, I pray with people, I clean up messes of foul odors and parts, I sew, I hold hands, I say, “I’m sorry” over and over again, I explain and explain, I sit in silence…… at least, that is what I did today, tomorrow might be different.
Nurse Aide, EMT, caretaker for elderly lady, and photographer. Missionary to Texas :)
For pay, I am an institutional research analyst at a ~6000 student Christian university.
For love, I am the teacher of a multi-generational bible and theology ministry at a local church.
IT Manager (Business Intelligence)
cpa/accountant for utility company
I left my job as a Project Manager to have our baby (March 2008). Now I’m home full-time taking care of our son, and a former employer has me doing consulting projects on the side – when I feel like it, in my free time.
It’s a nice set-up for me as I did miss my PM job but I do love being a wife (XO to EJS) and mom to APS.
I’m a hacker. Yes, seriously.
I run a nonprofit outdoor education program in the lower 48′s most remote county. We serve mostly lower-income children on Colorado’s western slope — lots of broken homes, drugs, lots of need.
I’m a software engineer at Rearden Commerce. (In particular I program a lot of JavaScript)
Occupational Therapist
Full time for a school district
As needed for a Rehab Hospital and an outpatient pediatric clinic
I’m a software engineer at iLike.
I am a student at The Bethlehem Institute. I volunteer at Desiring God with IO. I lead worship for the BBC Downtown Youth Group. I’m looking for a part-time job. And I am a joy-filled spreader!
I work for Penn State University’s athletic department.
Wife, mother, and COO of the Sprinkles Family
I’m a student fighting my way through nursing school!
I’m a full-time mom of an 11 month old boy and a part-time pediatric nurse. I live and breathe kids!
My occupation is that of a high school science teacher (chemistry, earth science, astronomy) in southwest Iowa.
I’m an Admissins Advisor or DeVry University’s online department, so if you want to finish your degree online, I’ve got connections ;)
I live near the Chicago Loop though, and I think I’d prefer to be working for a nonprofit like Rebecca who posted above!
I’m raising leaders for the next generation.
Un-employed Construction slow down force me to sell my business. Looking for a ministry job in Atlanta area.
Geologist by training, Project Manager by title – I clean up bombs and bullets the military left behind from WWII training.
Office manager at an Episcopal Church in Columbus, Ohio, and hopefully freelancing in the Columbus market in 2009!
Raising support to go be a missionary to South Africa in January for a year-long stint.
Currently I’m on staff with Campus Outreach Minneapolis.
I don’t suppose anyone will bother scrolling down this far, but in case anyone does:
I teach English at the Seminario Biblico de Colombia in Medellin, and fret about the poor.
Missionary in Ukraine.
Church Planting and Book Publishing.
Attempting to teach English on the side (I am the product of the Californian public school system, but no one can tell:).
I’m doing my undergrad in classics (mainly greek and latin) and French. This year the two are combined, as I’m studying in France for third year.
When I’m trying not to do what I do, I cook, have friends over for tea and read blogs.
Wife and homeschooling mom to 6.
I study computer science. I’m beginning my Ph.D. next fall, and after five or so years of that I want to be a professor, teaching and doing research in human-computer interaction.
I’m a social worker. Specifically, I am Director of Training for a ministry that, amongst other things, specializes in foster care/adoption. The ministry is called Arrow Child and Family Ministries
I am a full-time student at Union University. Studying biblical languages and philosophy. And in addition I am a Greek lab instructor and a student assistant to Dr. Ray Van Neste.
Full-time seminary student. Full-time PhD applicant.
Part-time seminary communications officer.
Part-time nanny for 4 year old twins, 2 year old and 4 month old. (Not all at once!)
Part-time jewelry designer.
Primary job: wife-ing and mama-ing – My husband is a New Testament and Biblical Ethics teacher. We have four girls.
Side job: Director for Classical Conversations
http://www.classicalconversations.com
Other thing I do when my girls are sleeping: Write for God’s World News
http://www.gwnews.com
Manager of a hostel in Prague and working on opening a new one next year. If you ever make it over, look us up and we’ll set you up with a place to stay!
I’m a doctoral student in genetics and public health at Harvard.
I teach ESL to elementary school students at a charter school. I just started offering an after-school ESL class to their parents this year, and I’m excited about that.
I do bookkeeping and customer service for a company that provides education and consultation for triage nurses in Emergency Departments across the country.
Academic Advisor.
George Mason University.
;-)
International rock star….okay,not really.
I am a small business owner in Dallas, TX.
Wife and mommy. I homeschool our 3 kids, ages 11, 8, and 5.
I’m a youth pastor and seminary student. in south Georgia.
I’m a PhD student in maths.
Law student at William Mitchell.
I missed last months so I’ll squeeze both in here:
name: John Thorhauer
hometown: Smithsburg, MD
church: http://www.goodnewspres.org/
I am a web developer. I work for a really cool company called Yakabod
Bookbinder.
I’m a first-year pediatric resident – think Gray’s Anatomy just less scandalous with better looking people. :)
Faculty Service Representative for the College of Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Basically, whenever someone within the college wants to order anything (office supplies, lab supplies, computer equipment, anything really) I tell them whether or not they have the money to buy what they want to buy and if it fits within the parameters set up from the funding source they want to draw from. It’s really more engaging than it sounds.
Newspaper reporter, videogame reviewer, television writer, online comedy writer/producer, NPR contributing reporter.
to add to the diversity – corporate attorney.
fascinating! (the responses, that is. my work, sometimes).
I study software dev at uni full time, and that about it. lol what a boring life…
Plumber.
High School Art Teacher
I pour coffee into paper cups with a plastic lid at a franchised Starbucks. No you do not get Starbucks Gold membership benefits. Yes Starbucks is ripping you off.
Business manager at a dental office.
North American Mission Board Missionary to Lakeshore Mississippi on the hurricane ravage gulf coast.
http://www.childfund.org.au
Oveseeing our database upgrade and designing some resources to help our team explain all the work we do internationally when they are on the phone. I also designed a system to print the info cards you get when you sponsor a child. They keep me busy here. :-)
I’m a high school English teacher, currently teaching in an urban charter school just north of LA. My school population is 100% Latino–I’m the only blonde on campus, so I’m easy to spot!
This year I’m teaching 9th grade Humanities, Creative Writing, and taught some Drama. I love the challenge of getting students excited about analyzing literature and just reading in general, especially as they usually hate it (not being very proficient in English). It’s crazy but fun!
Stay at home mom, homeschool teacher and missionary to the american military.
I am a middle school band director…I teach the kiddos how to play instruments.
I work at Books a Million and as a barista (spelling) I make coffee and all the fancy coffee kind of drink too. I did rather work in the library, but I have to have a master degree. I am still looking for another better paying job that can pay my bills.
I am a blogger and a bookworm!
Help set up the rented school building for church on Sunday.
Mom to three furry children.
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion
daily: use left side of my brain through my profession of examinig nebraska banks.
nightly: use right side of my brain by working with inner city kids, taking ballet, reading, bible studies and playing music.
I run the “jumbotrons” at football and basketball games for a NCAA Division I institution. I also administrate our website including streaming video.
Assistant Pastor (Worship & Student Ministries)
First Baptist Church – Weymouth, MA
I am a Principal Scientist at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnat, Ohio. My PhD is in Physical Organic Chemistry. I lead a small group of men in our church studying Men’s Fraternity. My wife is a professional volunteer. She leads a teenage girls bible study at our church and mentors them outside of the bible study, volunteers at our nephews schools and provides loving care for our nephews while their parents work.
i teach middle school english.
other things i do include (but are not limited to): reading your blog faithfully, never ever commenting on it, and graduating from penn state a year behind molly.
although in all fairness, that graduation thing–i only did it one time
Husband, and with my bride of 27 years, father to 6.
Org Design consultant based in NYC currently working with large health care co in Minneapolis.
Didn’t get in on the introduction post, so I’ll fill you in:
Grant Hanson
Durham, NC
The Summit Church (www.summitchurch.cc)
I’m an elementary art teacher at a Gifted and Talented Magnet school. I get to teach art electives to elementary students!
Guitar player in the 4th Infantry Division Band
barista/shift supervisor, soon to be assistant store managers @ starbucks.
editor, New York Family Magazine
Pastor’s wife and mother of 5.
I’m a student at the University of California Irvine
My current job is parking attendant (campus job)
I’m an aspiring Human Resources professional, but not for long.
I’m actually an aspiring pastor (Lord willing).
editor of several websites
dad of several kids
husband to just one lady
solutions analyst at a web 2.0 startup
adjunct professor of intercultural studies at a baptist college
I work in a candy shop. It’s fun, until you get hungry!
Wife, mama and home schooler to my 12 yr old and 3 yr. old!
I manage a coffee shop.
Speech-Language Pathologist at a nursing home
I am co-owner of Achieve Virtual Assistant Services…..I love helping companies attain their goals by freeing up valuable time to allow them to grow their business. http://www.achievevas.com
Husband and a father to two kids.
I get paid to be an international supply chain manager at a distribution company in Texas, but hoping to serve vocationally in ministry at some point…
I am a stay at home mom who provides a website for other stay at home moms who are also trying to work from home. My site provides legitimate advice, articles, coupons, freebies & work from home opportunities for stay at home moms.
http://www.stayathomemomsunite.com
I am working full time on my Master’s in Biblical Counseling and work part time as a preschool teacher to pay the bills.
I am a husband and a dad. But I make money by working as a molecular biologist in public health. I specialize in viruses. Growing them, and then typing/subtyping them.
As fun as that sounds, I was much happier when I was the managing partner of a comic book store.
Plus I am workin on my MA in Bioethics. Can’t wait for the job offers to pour in. :)
Sofware architect working in Scottsdale, AZ, San Jose, Costa Rica and Cebu City, Philippines.
Computer System Specialist at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning
I am a Communications Officer in the United States Air Force.
Wife, Mom, Missionary to France
Medical pathologist.
God has called me to be a mother/stepmother and train up little lambs in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6)…which I love!
P.S. The Gator football team’s game at Florida State next Saturday, Nov. 29, will be televised on ABC Sports. Coverage of the game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET. UF is 10-1 overall. GO GATORS!!!
I practice the piano, primarily! I’m a piano performance undergrad.
When I’m not doing that, I’m either doing more student stuff or at home with my family of 2 parents, 5 brothers, and 1 sister. At home I eat, sleep, clean up, and talk to my family, and read blogs….
I’m a cashier at Walmart.
I am a processing support at pancake factory.
I work an overnight awake shift in a psychological rehab treatment facility for teens
I was the office manager and project coordinator at the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America until I became disabled. Since then, I have taught 5th – 12th grade English at a private Messianic school, and now tutor kids with math deficiencies. I also am a founding member and leader in Avodat Yisrael, and I do biblical counseling.
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I am a youth pastor
I am a wife to my first husband, mom to 3 boys, and a 2nd grade teacher at Midway Covenant Christian School
I’m a slacker, a former soldier, wannabe missionary, wondering where I can and should go next to try to serve the poor..
online strategist for a retail store (ecommerce and physical brick n mortar trade)
Pastor
Minister
I’m a wife of 22 years, mother of two young adults, and a fabric artist.
For money, depending who you talk to, I am a ministry assistant, admin. assistant or “the church secretary”. Whatever my title, I love my job!
I’m a college student, majoring in molecular biology. I plan to be a medical researcher someday.
I’m a stay at home mom.
I am the Storeroom Supervisor for a municipal power plant.
journalism prof at BJU, Greenville, SC
President of a Christian retirement community in southeastern Vermont. Real maple syrup, anyone?
Police officer
I’m Media and Communications Officer for a university in the UK. I used to be a journalist and miss it a lot, although I don’t miss the poor pay and long hours.
Faith Healer.
(Not really, I’ve just always wanted to say that.)
Linguistics and Biblical Languages grad student at Biola University. Aspiring Bible translator with Wycliffe.
airline pilot.
but i wish i was a farmer.
Police officer, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Scrolled all the way down and thought I was going to be the only police officer who read 22 words only to see Keins four above me!
I work with Gospelink.
I am a Barista at Starbucks.
I work with families in the inner city through Urban Youth Impact.
And I want to be a spokeswoman for Nike.
farmer.
but i wish i was an airline pilot
(just kidding) I am the COO of a large electrical engineering company in Lagos, Nigeria.
Until the end of the day today, I make Disney comic books (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge—the “standard” characters).
Starting next week, I’ll begin (Lord willing) developing professional web sites for small businesses; running a sort of “Bailey Savings & Loan” of web development. We’ll see how that turns out. Hopefully I won’t be seeing wingless angels jumping off bridges. ;)
Law Clerk
dang, late for the party.
i do campus ministry. epicmovement.com at uc irvine (epicuci.com)
My name is Keith Hersch, I teach English at Ansan College of Tech, in Ansan, South Korea. On vacations I teach in preach in the Philippines.
wife, mother of 2 children, and attorney
Administrative Assistant to Senior Pastor at Baptist Church in the Cayman Islands.
i’m a pilot for Air Force. Just finished training and about to move to Macon, GA.
piano teacher and homeschooling homemaker
The homemaker part is supposed to come first, but it’s not easy.
I’m a medical student.