If you had asked me a few years ago what I was thinking of doing after graduation, web development wouldn't have been mentioned. All the same, this career didn't just come out of the blue. God has been planting seeds in me all along to get me to this point.
    I have had a computer as long as I can remember. While other kids played mario on their Nintendo, I played 'Winter Olympics' and 'Heart of Africa' on my commodore. In middle school I learned a basic basic programming language and spent far too many hours making silly little games in it. In high school I started my first web page. I once again spent far too much time learning html during my final two years at BHHS.
    My freshman year at multnomah I had big ambitions for learning more, but had more ambition than opportunity. When I was in Belize (of all places) in the summer of 2000 I heard a sermon about how we need to use technology for God. Just as the printing press helped restore and advance Christianity, so today's technology can  impact today's world.
    I did very little with web development for the next four years. It wasn't until Davin (multnomah's web developer) gave me the opportunity to be his lackey that my desire to learn matched my opportunity. In my year there I learned as much as I could. At the same time I was beginning to see more concretely just how the web could be used for God.
    The biggest idea I had was a content management system for churches. I knew it would be years before I would have the means to develop something like this so I was thrilled when I found out that not only is there a company that is developing something like that, but that I could also help them.
    So even though this wasn't my plan for my life all along, I have no doubt that God has lead me here. In my next post I will expound upon where I'm hoping to go with all this.