Darren: I am now an Intern Recruiter at Google and running the entire program for the Seattle area. Needless to say, it is a lot of work and a lot to learn in a short period of time. As has been the pattern in my last few positions, I am being thrown in the deep end and hoping I can swim. Trial by fire, you've got to love it. But so far it is going great! I love working with interns because they are so appreciative of everything you are doing for them, I mean, after all, I am getting them an internship at Google! It is night and day from working with people who have been working in the industry for a while. For them it is not such an honor and privilege to get a great job anymore; more an expectation. Plus, as you see in one of the posts below, I have the privilege of taking the interns to do fun stuff. Here is a picture of the Headquarters in CA from this past week when I went down for some training.
Both: Aside of that, Brandi and I are both youth leaders in the church. That includes weekly and monthly activities. We are really growing to love the kids we are serving and working with. It still amazes me that we are leaders over youth when we (and by we I mean Brandi!) were just barely that age. In fact, not a week goes by where someone mistakes us for the youth in the ward...once again, mostly Brandi. Over the summer we got to be "Ma" and "Pa" at a 3 day trek. A trek for those who may not know is a reenactment of the long journey that the Mormon Pioneers made on foot as they pulled incredibly heavy handcarts across the US. We were the leaders of a made up family of 8 kids. It was an amazing experience, but the best part was the constant mistaking of Brandi and I for youth. Brandi continuously got hit on by the young men in the stake. It was great!
Brandi: As for Brandi, she is probably more busy and stressed out than she has ever been but handling it like a champ! She is taking 6 classes right now and working part time. The interesting thing about the schooling is that 5 out of the 6 classes are online. Now in order to complete these courses, she has to have everything done very early to allow time for her to 1: send her work to the school in the mail (it's not just online stuff), 2: the school to ship the tests out to her, 3: take the test with a proctor somewhere, 4: ship the tests back. Everything is due for her by the end of November which essentially has given her 8-10 weeks to finish 5 out of the 6 courses while working and dedicating herself to her calling over the young women in our church. She is truly amazing; I am a lucky man!
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