Finished

 Just sent off all our deliverables to Tugende, and I can’t help but smile. Our work is pretty much complete. As promised, here’s our Social Impact Assessment. Edgar, Peace, and Bashir do not get enough credit for all the work they’ve done for the research. I’d also like to thank Allison for helping with infographics. Gotta say I’m pretty proud of what we’ve accomplished in the past few months, but all praise goes upwards.

Now that I don’t need to spend 8 hours a week working on the deliverables, I can spend more time simulating switched capacitor converter topologies for senior design and practicing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 for the Concerto/Aria Competition. Life keeps moving. Oh, and I need to figure out my future let God show me what He has in store for me.

So I guess that’s all for this chapter. Thank you for following along; I wouldn’t have made it without all your love, support, and prayers.

It's Just a Matter of Time

Just finished Week 5 of Fall Quarter! I’m halfway through the first third of my final year at Santa Clara, and time definitely flies. It’s been more than two months since I’ve left Uganda. Sometimes if feels like a dream, but other times it feels like it all happened yesterday.

After 40+ hours of work, Joe and I finally sent a formatted version of our Social Impact Assessment to Keith last night. He got back to us this morning saying it was good to go, save a few minor fixes. He commented, “Very impressive. I don’t usually say that.” @Keith, thanks. I know we’re your favourite :) I’ll post our final product here once it’s finished!

 Our journey with GSBF and Tugende is coming to an end, and "it’s been fun but now I’ve got to go"…

I know my life doesn’t belong on this blog, but I’ll share a bit about the last two months if you’ll indulge me:

- Australia! My family went to attend my cousin’s wedding, and I got to show them some of my favourite places in the world.

Surfer's Paradise!

Sydney

- Senior year. It’s not as glamourous as everyone makes of it. Between classes, practicing piano, senior design project, doing homework, and tutoring, I’m just tired. It’s definitely difficult to be grateful in the midst of all this busyness, but I am thankful for this opportunity to learn about the world and about myself. I have an amazing community, and thank you for being a part of it.

- The future. Yeah. So when the past fellows talked about the vocational discernment part of this fellowship, they were not kidding. I have never been pushed so much to actively think about my career/vocation (well, I’ve actively avoided it my whole life), but GSBF puts it in the forefront of my mind. We’ve had to network, update our LinkedIn, ask for informational interviews,… Our instructors even brought five Silicon Valley executives to our class to help us translate our summer experiences into relatable skills and assets that will get us jobs. As Thane put it, “You guys will soon be on the market.” We are products, I guess.

I haven’t applied to anything because I don’t really know what’s my next step. I don’t pray enough about my future (or at all, for that matter), but I guess I can’t wait forever for God to reveal His will to me. Who knows, He may be waiting me to take a step of faith first. I don’t know.

That’s most of it. If you’re reading this and I haven’t seen you recently, I miss you! When can I see you again?