I found out about Christian Science when I was in university. I earned an undergraduate degree in music and education, and then studied French language and culture in Quebec City. Then I studied international relations and Latin American history in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and did the first year in a master's program in political science. But participation in an internship program in the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa changed me the most. Although I spent a year in a master's degree program in business administration after the internship program, it was that year of meeting many politicians, senior civil servants, and diplomats that pivoted me toward a career in Christian Science healing.
In that program, each intern worked half the year for a government Member of Parliament and half the year for an opposition Member. (The government Member represents one a party in power, the opposition Member represents one of the parties out of power.) Simultaneous to that, the interns traveled to several other countries, so that we could compare the legislative process in various jurisdictions with the Canadian legislative process. In addition to visiting three provincial legislatures, we spent a week in Washington as guests of the United States government and a week in London and Northern Ireland as guests of the British government. We were also hosted by what was then (1986) called West Germany, and in Brussels by NATO and by the European Economic Community.
During my intern year I perceived that the changes taking place in politics and economics reflect different modes of thought. And it occurred to me that I could contribute best to the world's progress by becoming a Christian Science practitioner. Since spiritual healing involves changing people's ways of thinking, practitioners are constantly working with people's mental perception of health and other conditions. To me, this way of thinking also embraces the world.
