 He was on probation with the faculty. How did he think of it? This is a temporary position. The college didn't probably have the funding to do this, so he wasn't sure whether this would continue. Even in the first six months, he still entertained conversations with two different churches. Perhaps he would become a pastor. And possibly a missionary. He wants to travel. Sometimes I would think of him as the Jimmy Stewart character in It's a Wonderful Life, always trying