Hi friend.
I would love to take a walk with you and discuss what I'm doing to start the one man difference, but to understand that, we need to understand how I was changed. It's a cold winter night in Vineland, NJ. I'm walking around with my mission companion visiting homes of those kind enough to receive us. We were specifically requested to meet with individuals who spoke Spanish as their primary language.
Now for those of you who don't know what it is to live in a 2 bedroom house with 3 families, (yes, 3 FAMILIES) you will have a hard time relating. I know I did. Not only that, but I heard the stories of why they felt so happy to be living in that condition because it was better than what they had before. And it hit me, it rocked me so hard and struck at me so deep that I still ponder on that night when I finally broke and exclaimed to my companion "IT SUCKS! THEY ARE SUFFERING AND I'M HERE JUST DOING WHATEVER! I WANT TO DO MORE." And he just nonchalantly looks at me and says "so do something about it."
I haven't talked to him about that incident since, and he may have a little idea of how deeply that affected me, but even if he doesn't, it doesn't matter. It made me look at something I wanted and told me that it was within my power to reach. I can do more, I can help more, I can play more, I can serve more, and I be more. So I was changed that moment, that minute for the better.
So now I'm studying nonprofit management. It's a passion of mine. Not only that, but I'm shameless in approaching foundations, organizations, and even corporations that serve the community. I'm currently working at Wayfair.com and just sent one of our executives an e-mail wanting to know more about nonprofit-corporation relations. I'm not stopping, and I'm not planning on stopping. The revolution of the nonprofit world will happen, and I hope to be at the forefront of it, because the world needs change.
I'll keep you updated on my work with Google (an internship my parents pushed on me until I actually did the smart thing and listened to them) and my Wayfair.com journey.
I would love to take a walk with you and discuss what I'm doing to start the one man difference, but to understand that, we need to understand how I was changed. It's a cold winter night in Vineland, NJ. I'm walking around with my mission companion visiting homes of those kind enough to receive us. We were specifically requested to meet with individuals who spoke Spanish as their primary language.
Now for those of you who don't know what it is to live in a 2 bedroom house with 3 families, (yes, 3 FAMILIES) you will have a hard time relating. I know I did. Not only that, but I heard the stories of why they felt so happy to be living in that condition because it was better than what they had before. And it hit me, it rocked me so hard and struck at me so deep that I still ponder on that night when I finally broke and exclaimed to my companion "IT SUCKS! THEY ARE SUFFERING AND I'M HERE JUST DOING WHATEVER! I WANT TO DO MORE." And he just nonchalantly looks at me and says "so do something about it."
I haven't talked to him about that incident since, and he may have a little idea of how deeply that affected me, but even if he doesn't, it doesn't matter. It made me look at something I wanted and told me that it was within my power to reach. I can do more, I can help more, I can play more, I can serve more, and I be more. So I was changed that moment, that minute for the better.
So now I'm studying nonprofit management. It's a passion of mine. Not only that, but I'm shameless in approaching foundations, organizations, and even corporations that serve the community. I'm currently working at Wayfair.com and just sent one of our executives an e-mail wanting to know more about nonprofit-corporation relations. I'm not stopping, and I'm not planning on stopping. The revolution of the nonprofit world will happen, and I hope to be at the forefront of it, because the world needs change.
I'll keep you updated on my work with Google (an internship my parents pushed on me until I actually did the smart thing and listened to them) and my Wayfair.com journey.
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