This and That

Hello Everyone! I have been home for a while now, and thought that I would update you all on what is going on. I have really been enjoying my time here, although I have been also really missing all of my friends in Indonesia...there are a few especiallies, but we won't spill the beans on that one ;) But, all in all I am glad that I have been here. 

I have had some really good connections with a lot of people who are very dear to me, as well as made old acquaintances into new friends, and met new people all together. I have spent quality time with extended family, and have spent hours in prayer. These are all very good and necessary things for me to do while I am home, which will not be long, as there are already plans for me to go back to Indonesia this July. Wow! That is really soon and is getting closer every day. On that note, I will tell you that I am still working out all of the paperwork but that I am fully aware of the amount of work and dedication it will take, I am fully expecting it all to work out, and am full of faith that God will do what is best for me, although I am still "in faith" for the finances that it will take. Unlike the last trip that I took, I am most likely going to be going on a student visa this time which will be cheaper in the long run, but will require more money up front. I will be taking formal Indonesian lessons, but I think that I will still be able to teach (on a voluntarily basis of course) while I am there. There is still a lot in progress, so I can't give you all of the details, but I will keep you updated to the best of my abilities. 

I also wanted to say that I am just amazed at what God has done with me and in me, and is continuing to do while I have been home, and will continue to do when I go. It is like every time I am unsure of what I am doing He will somehow reassure me that everything is going to be fine. People don't always understand what it means to live a life of faith, sometimes it means that we trust God when we are in prison in a foreign country like the missionaries in China, or they think that it means praying for a dead body to be raised from the dead, but do they realize that it means that I am going to take the risk of planning to return to Indonesia when I have no idea how it will happen? One of the things that I needed in order to go again was a new computer, because mine broke while I was there, and although I considered getting it fixed, it was getting really old....someone gave me a computer this week (well, it's on its way). Can you believe that!? God, You are so amazing! But it is not just that He gives us what we "need", He also blesses us. Let me tell you the situation....

I have two cousins who live in Hawaii, they are young and love life, and I often wanted them to come visit me in Indonesia, although I don't know if they will be able to. This year their mother is celebrating a "big" birthday, (I won't tell you which one) and so she is going to go and visit them there. Well, Hawaii happens to be half way between LA and Jakarta, and she happens to be going the last week of June, and I happen to need to be back there for the first week of July....do you see where this is going? I am going to be able to spend a week in Hawaii before I go to Indonesia! And! I get to connect with my cousins and see if perhaps they could visit me in Indonesia! What a blessing. I have never been to Hawaii before, and am really excited that I get to go. 

So much has happened to me while I have been home. So many very important things that I don't think could have happened any other way. Honestly I don't think that I would be able to put my finger on all of it, but it has changed me. One thing I can tell you though, I have been looking at an English teaching program that was developed by a friend of mine, and when I return to Indonesia I have a much better idea of what I will be doing there, it will not be a lot of dilly dally like it was the last time. I will be coming back a different person than I was....so Indonesia, you may want to prepare yourself. Just so you know. 

So, please be praying for me that I am able to do what needs done in the time that I have left to do it. I love you all. Talk to you soon. Me