Friday...

This Friday (Nov. 17) will be my first day line producing a show on my own (the 8 and 8:30 am newscasts). Yikes! I am so not ready for this, my co-workers have even told me this. But they need me to do it. I've been working about 3 days per week for the last 4 weeks learning how to be an associate producer and how to line produce. An associate producer writes the anchor's stories and picks sound bites to compliment the story. When line producing, you have to choose all the stories for the newscast and then time the show live to the very second (28 minutes, 0 seconds). I feel OK about timing the show, I'm just not sure about setting up the stories ("stacking the show") in the time I'm given. Everything is on a deadline. So, it's basically do or die, baptism by fire.

Updates

I apologize for not updating my blog sooner. I didn't feel like I have much to share but I know a lot of you have asked how things are going, and I suppose there's always something to share.
As some of you know, I have a "job" which is a great praise and a foot in the door. I'm a freelance associate producer for News 12 Connecticut. The job title sounds great, right? Actually, the job is pretty cool...but my schedule is uncertain. Since I am a freelance worker I am not permanent and I am not full time. I get called in to cover other people's shifts when they are sick or on vacation. It could turn into a permanent position but only time will tell. What I do when I'm there is write the news stories for the newscasts based on information from the Associated Press or information gathered on the scene. Then, if needed, I edit in natural sound, an interview, or video that will support the story. There are usually about 3 or 4 Associate Producers working during a shift. The shifts are really weird but that's the business of news broadcasting. I have been working 2-11pm but next week I get to work 3:30am-noon! And the week after that I get to work 1am-9am! So, I have a lot of prayer requests for you.
1) Pray that God would provide enough work days for me to be able to make ends meet, or that another, more stable job would be available for me.
2) Pray that I could be a light in the midst of a very worldly business. I am surrounded by a lot of bad language while I'm there and I want to show Christ's love to my co-workers.
3) My housing situation is really lacking in quality. I feel as though I've received confirmation from the Lord that I really need to get into a different apartment because I just found out that rent is increasing as of December 1 by quite a bit! Pray that the right place would open up for me quickly.
4) I still deeply desire to do voice over work but so far no doors have opened in that area. Pray that the right person would hear my demo and want my voice. Voice over work would be another way to make ends meet.
5) Overall, pray that I would have an attentive heart to the Lord's voice and that I would follow where ever He leads me.
I'd love to hear from you any prayer requests that you have.