EFY 2009 BC Interview

Dear Reader,

So, today I had my interview to be a BC. I have had a couple people ask me how it went, so I figured that I would just post it on here, and update all of you! My interview was at 4:00 today, Friday, November 7th. I found out this past weekend that my friend Mike "M-Sizzle" would also be in that group for the interview, so I was pretty excited to see him!

Yesterday, I was starting to get so nervous for my interview. I seriously felt sick to me stomach! Then, I called my friend, and also home teacher, Eric, to see if he could come over and give me a blessing. He did, and you would not believe how much that helped! It made me feel comfortable, content, and ok with whatever happens. If I don't get hired than I know that Heavenly Father has other plans for me for this summer. Whether it be spending time with Brandon, being an EFY counselor, working at in-n-out again, or planning a wedding. Either way, I know that it will be ok.

I woke up this morning at about 6:30, which is EARLY for me, and I got ready for work. I had a GREAT day at work. The class was so much fun (not as fun as my class from yesterday, but it was still good). Before I went to work, I laid out my clothes for my interview, so that when I got home from work I could just change fix my hair a little bit and then jam on out to my interview. Well, while I was at work, I got a phone call from KES (basically my boss) telling me that they had a check waiting for me at their office. (It's about time, I was supposed to get that paycheck a month ago!) So, when I got home from work, I went over there and picked up the check, then came home and got ready. And, for those of you who really know me, know that it only takes me 15 minutes, at the most, to get ready. So, I was ready to go at 3:15. That was when I started to get nervous again. As a way to get my nerves ok again, I had some toast. It was SOOOO good!

At about 3:35, I left for my interview. I was so excited to get to see my friend Mike, and was already starting to think of the questions that they would ask me in the interview. When I got there, I saw my friend Brittany Dahlin, and found out that she would also be in my group for the interview. I was finally starting to feel comfortable again. Brittany is seriously such a great girl, and I will be surprised if she doesn't get hired as a BC. She helped me out a lot this summer, and was such an example to me. Well, we went in to the interview and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. There were 4 of us interviewing, me, Mike, Brittany, and this guy named Christian, and then there were for interviewers, Lindsay Wilson, and then 3 other EFY people. They had us go around and introduce ourselves, tell our name, where we're from, how many years we have worked with EFY, and what areas we were applying for. After the other 3 had said how long they had worked with EFY, oh boy did I feel inadequate, but welcome to my life this summer. Then, we had to have a "discussion" amongst ourselves. The topic wasn't really all that easy to discuss, and I felt like we kind of got away from it a little bit, but it was good. Then, they asked each of us 2 questions. I felt like I could have answered the questions better, but honestly, that's how I felt last year too! ha ha ha.

So, now that I am home, I am sitting here writing this, and thinking... "I'm ok with whatever decision they make." If I don't become a BC, it's not the end of the world, and it's definitely not the end of EFY. I will continue to love and support EFY, and hopefully I will be a counselor! I feel like I did my best in the interview, whether it was good enough or not, we will just have to wait and see. I think that I will always feel inadequate to the people who have grown up in the church, but that is something that I will have to live with. Everyday I strive to be better, and to be a stronger member in the church, but only time will tell if I have done enough.

Well, now I'm off to find SOMETHING to do on this wonderful, COLD, Friday night.

Love you,
Terri