John Riedel, Volunteer at FrancisCorps
  	
		
                 
      	  
        	        	  
        	  
          	  
          	  
            	  
              	  
              	  
              	  A fulfilling insight that I have from this year is that to experience joy and peace in life, I must surrender many decisions to God. Upon entering the service year, I was not comfortable with making decisions that affected clients and coworkers, and I concentrated on this insecurity to a paralyzing degree. However, God spoke…
              	  
            	   
          	   
          	    
        	   
            
            
                  	 
      	 
      
    
                 
      	  
        	        	  
        	  
          	  
          	  
            	  
              	  
              	  
              	  My day as a FrancisCorps volunteer starts around 6:30 am, when I get up to pray, eat breakfast, and ride with Olav, Miranda, and Olav’s coworker to our service sites. I arrive at work, Catholic Charities Emergency Services around 8 am. When I arrive at work, I check my email and then review my “bible”,…
              	  
            	   
          	   
          	    
        	   
            
            
                  	 
      	 
      
    
                 
      	  
        	        	  
        	  
          	  
          	  
            	  
              	  
              	  
              	  My FrancisCorps journey began early this year. I entered my last semester of college with the thought that I wanted to get a job as a forensic chemist or toxicologist. I had my list of priorities, and that career path satisfied most of them; I was looking for a stable career field with jobs near…