A New Beginning.. Again!

God is so good. Amen and amen.

Each year I feel like God gives me a phrase to kind of sum up everything. It's a phrase He repeats to me constantly. A promise, if you will. Last year (and the year before that) He simply told me, "I love you." And I held onto that promise fiercely through heartache and confusion, through my crazy experiences and growth in Thailand. He loves me. This year He's said to me (on more than one occasion already!), "Trust me."

At the start of the new year I was still jobless and mostly friendless, and still pretty much hated my life. I never received callbacks about my job applications. I felt useless and worthless. But God said Trust me. So I did. I finally found a really cool summer job that would pay me to lead mission trips, so I thought if nothing else were to pan out, this could at least be cool. The day of the phone interview came and I prayed that God would give peace and clarity, both to me and my interviewer. And the conversation turned out great! At the end of the phone call, Erika asked what I was currently doing for employment, and of course I sheepishly answered that I was a volunteer. Then she told me she'd send a couple of emails and get back to me about working in the spring. Really, God? Could it be?? Then came the waiting period. I heard from Dino (my reference) that his conversation with them went really well.. and that he practically said they were dumb if they didn't hire me. A couple of weeks later I receive a call from Jason (the VP), who wanted to know if I would be interested in coming on staff full time. Would I ever!! Then they shipped me off to Costa Rica for the trip of a lifetime/to see if Praying Pelican and I would be a good match. I'm happy to say we are!!

So starting April 15th, I will be a Missions Coordinator for Praying Pelican Missions. I'm so excited for what's in store. I'm excited to see God move in North American groups, in the communities they serve, in me. I'm sure there will be a lot of crazy changes coming up, but God is good and He is trustworthy. He is Yahweh-Yireh (The LORD will provide).

Trust Him.