Ok. Lets talk about what it is that I do. I am a child-care worker. I work for Baptist Children's Homes of NC and have been there for nearly 5 years. I started doing this type of work when my wife decided out of the blue to quit her very good , very high paying job because she wasn't satisfied. We were living in Greenville, NC at the time. I was going to the local community college and working next door at Lowe's Hardware running forklifts and unloading trucks and such. Molly kept running across this child-care worker position at Boys and Girls Homes of NC and she called about it. Well she drove down for and interview with my blessing not really thinking anything was going to come out of it. She didn't know anything about being a houseparent. Nevermind taking care of a house full of rowdy, disadvantaged youth. Well, she never came back. To stay that is. She got the job on the spot. She came back to Greenville to pack her stuff and was headed to Lake Waccamaw. I was hired, sight unseen, to work with her as a couple and when I finished my semester at the community college, I quit Lowe's and moved down there too. Let me tell you, nothing that you can do will prepare you for the job of taking care of a house full of teenagers. Not even raising your own kids.
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Hey, I'm one of C and RJ's long time friends. I have one question, well maybe a couple...do you guys still work in Lake Waccamaw or are you up there with C and RJ? I was asking because a friend I used to work with teaching Pre-K (she was our family specialist) went out to work there...her name was Kirsten. I didn't know if you guys might know her. I have a tremendous respect for what you guys do. I teach Pre-K for at risk children and can't imagine how difficult it would be to do it on a 24 period. I love them, but it is very challenging at times. God bless!
Whoo hooo for us child care workers! It has been so enjoyable meeting you and Molly. Yes Helen, Dan works here with us now, and they live two houses down from us, so we just can never get away from his antics lol. I love the job that we do and you are right, nothing prepares you for it exactly. You just have to dive in and I think you find out very quickly if you can simply do it, or not. That and knowing that this is where God wants you to be. If God wasn't in this, I don't think I could do it and would have given up long ago.
Dan For the record you were interviewed with John Howe and they hired us after routine checks. they didn't hire you site unseen or whatever the heck you said. I DID go down before you in April of 2001. you did join me after that. love u baby
This is great info to know.
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