I officially applied for the ordination program I want with the Jewish mystics of Aleph - Jewish Renewal for rabbi and rabbinic pastor, and applied for my first unit of Clinical Pastoral Education with a hospital. I had to get three letters of recommendation for each and they've been confirmed as received. I have my first Zoom interview next week.

1) Writing the spiritual autobiography was intense.
2) Asking others for letters of recommendation was hard.

I'm on my way to being the chaplain/spiritual counselor who has already been through intensive care units several times and understands how much trauma that can really be.