I think I've been so hesitant to get excited about the future, because I have had so little control over it during the past year of my life. Literally from January of 2014 and on, I have had little to no idea what was in the cards for me. The only thing I knew for sure, was that I needed to wait on God. I plan on writing a totally different post about how I came to the decision to get my masters...It was a huge lesson that I really want to share with you guys, and to document for my own memory.
But for now, I will just give some details on my upcoming school career! I start January 12th in the online program that Liberty offers. Liberty University is located in Virginia, but they have a huge online college as well. During the course of my degree, I will go to Virginia three separate times for classes called "Intensives". These will be week long courses of in person teaching and learning. I think my first one will be next fall! I hope to finish this degree in 2.5-3 years, and then I would need to complete the Texas State Licensing procedures so that I could become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). I have to counsel for hundreds of hours under a supervisor until I can officially become LPC certified.
So, as a commitment phobe when it comes to jobs and life...I'm hoping that these next 5 years in the process are worth it ;) I believe that this is the skill set God has given me (even when I don't seem very good at it sometimes), and I'm using his wisdom to move forward with it even though I'm scared.
There you have it! That's my big news :) Pray for my brain to wake back up, because there is lots of paper writing and intensive reading ahead of me. And pray for my faith to increase as I know I will be challenged repeatedly as I try to approach the world of biblical counseling.
- Bethany
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