APPLICANT #2: Jonathan Averill

Jonathan Averill is an 18-year-old student from Florence.

Here is Jonathan's video application:

Here is Jonathan's current situation:

I am a Freshman at the University of North Alabama. I plan to get my degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology. I spend most of my time online or out and about in town just driving around with friends. I also enjoy making YouTube videos with two of my friends. I am a pretty happy person and I love to talk to new people.

Here is Jonathan's blog post:

Hope

Hope is a crazy thing to think of these days with all of the disasters (natural or man-made), and I know I'm sounding a bit pessimistic, but I hope for a better future. I am hoping for a world of love rather than a world of hate and oppression.

Looking at my past it is not so bad, but it wasn't the best either. I am looking forward to something new and exciting, something that will make my life have more of a purpose. I know finding this will be no easy task, but i will still plan to look.

I hope that by the time my kids are my age that they will have nothing to fear in this world and nothing to run from. Thanks.