Changing direction

Hello, friends. I'm writing this email (2 months later, I'm sorry!) to elaborate on my newest life update. Forgive me for not making a summer update while I was in Canada - I had another very difficult summer in terms of mental health and balancing the additional responsibility of ministry updates fell to the wayside. In August, I officially completed my time with Frontier and roadtripped home to start working as a homeschool co-op educator part-time. This is earlier than I initially planned - I was hoping to spend until December in Canada, but this opportunity was open and I realized that it would probably remain open until I returned home and I'd take it anyway. Rather than come in halfway through the school year, I decided that after a long summer, I wanted to head home and recuperate my energies and work towards next steps.

I've determined that I'm done with ministry for now. I am plugging in to a local church, with local people, and working on my physical, mental, and spiritual health. I've also been working towards getting my Single Pitch Instructor certification with AMGA & will be assessing in December. This will allow me to work with the credentials I need in the USA to continue my guiding career beyond Frontier Lodge. I've been working for an awesome homeschool hybrid program 4 days a week as a nature study instructor as well, which has been really fun & I am learning so much about God's creation, more than I've ever known before! It's so great teaching kids every week and I'm really thankful to be here.

When life slows down, I hope to do a little update about the summer. Overall, the work was great and really impactful. More to come soon.

May you be able to see and enjoy God's blessing at all times,
Alex