From Boston with LOVE!!!

by Ebikiri Aboro

Hi everyone. My name is Ebikiri Aboro, and I am from Nigeria. Presently, I am a computer science student at Principia College, Illinois. This summer I am interning in Boston with TMC Youth as a PHP/MySQL Web developer.

Getting this internship with TMC Youth was an interesting and wonderful experience for me. As a junior in college, I felt the need to do at least one internship before my senior year of college. With this in mind, I started searching for summer internships. I posted my resume on several job finding sites. I also sent it out along with internship applications to several companies.

While I was awaiting responses from the companies I applied to, I received an email from TMC Youth that advertised internship positions for the summer. I browsed through the available positions, found one that suited me, filled out the applications, and submitted them via postage mail. This was about two days to the submission deadline, and I was worried my application would not be received on time. So to be on the safe side, I called TMC Youth, and spoke to the internship coordinator. She told me not to worry; my application would be treated appropriately.

Several days later, I received an email from TMC Youth asking me to propose possible dates for a phone interview. I responded promptly, and waited for the phone interview. My proposed dates passed, and I did not hear from anyone, and I began to worry.

During this period, my phone had developed a problem. I thought I must’ve missed the interview due to my phone situation. I tried to calm myself, and I thought of the story of Jesus calming the storm, and his words kept echoing in my head, “ Peace, be still.” I stopped worrying, and took the initiative again to call the internship coordinator. Another phone interview was scheduled, and it went successfully. During this period, my phone situation had still not improved, but on the day of the interview–for the 50 minutes the interview lasted–it worked without any interruptions. I felt like I was soaring with angels.

I got the internship not by my will, but by the will of God, Love, and today I am writing you from Boston with so much love and gratitude. I am grateful to be in Boston. It is a completely different experience from the little village of Elsah where Principia is located, and I like it. I have had the experience of going to a school of Christian Scientists, and now I have the opportunity of working professionally with Christian Scientists.

I am forever grateful for such an experience, and look forward to the wonderful experiences ahead of me.

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