Going in Sain
By Tony Cruikshank and Will Scheidler
Jonathan Sain is a man whose values are clear. Live life, have fun and try not to have any regrets when you look back, on the rare occasion in your life when you do. His philosophy is timeless…why worry? In life there are only two things, being well and being sick. If you’re well, no worries, right. But if you are sick there are two choices-get well or die. If you die, you have two choices, heaven or hell. if you wind up in heaven, you have no worries. If you go to hell, “You’re so damn busy shaking hands with friends you won’t have time to worry.”
Jonathan is glad that Mini School is accepting him. Unlike the rigid mainstream schedule, he appreciates the way Mini is designed for the students. Such as, how it would be nice if the work was done, but if the student is unmotivated that is okay for the moment. Jonathan previously spent four years working with elementary school students. He now appreciates the chance to work with older students. During his years in college he spent quality time working at the YMCA setting up games with the children. Jonathan enjoyed this since he is, “a kid at heart.” He never once got up in the morning and said, “I don’t want to work.”
Jonathan is 27 years old and has been married for six months. He and his wife, Bonnie, have known each other for ten years. Even though he has some type of authority, Johnathan feels just like one of us. Johnathan was on the Mark Warren trip, the sweat lodge is part of the trip, and that might be one of the reasons why he feels like one of us. And he, like Doug, enjoys biking, lifting and working out.