The Escape of Certainty

It was all but certain – I would live and work in Oklahoma for the near term. A six-month apartment lease was signed. A new car was in my mind’s order. The desire to establish a community of friends was pressing. Life would settle for the time being. Peace was within me. That was May 5th of this year.

It was that day in which I began a three-month stint of contract work for Dominion Farms. Owned by Calvin Burgess, Dominion Farms stems from the spiritual calling that this serial entrepreneur had as a young boy. His knack for business truly met his altruistic heart when he began this $25-million agribusiness project. Visit www.dominion-farms.com to gain further insight into the company.

Excitement loomed within me as I first stepped into the office and into the entrepreneurial role of developing a youth training center in West Kenya on the company’s property. Day by day, I was driven by the faces of the Kenyan youth I had encountered last September while there. They deserve hope, and that is what our effort is to bring them. Yet, slowly, I found myself being drained of energy. My body and mind were not thriving. Something needed to change.

As I finished the contract, I searched for what would be best for me to do next. I deliberated on staying in the States or going abroad. I inquired into the knowledge of others and asked for advice. Uncertainty became a rather close companion. In one month’s time, I knew not where I would be or what I would be doing. Though, I was content with this. “It is all part of the adventure,” I would tell myself.

TS