WoW.

So this week has pretty much been crazy. Amazing and exciting, but still crazy. It all started Monday morning when Amber called me and told me that we had our apartment and that she was going to start moving in. I decided to postpone my move to Tulsa a day and move into the apartment with her in order to save the ginormously long drive home and back over the weekend. So yeah, all day Monday I was busy with that, but it was a lot of fun and I got to hang out with the fam. an extra half day and with Amber and Penny that afternoon.

Then Tuesday, I headed to Tulsa. After 3 hours of driving, 2 missed exits and 1 very upset old lady in a mini-van, I made it. Yay. :-) I got to Caleb and Becca's house around 1:15 and they helped me unload a little, then we headed to the office. My first afternoon at the Big World office was filled with stuffing envelopes of information for the students on the Brio trip. It was a bit tedious, but it wasn't bad. That night, I got settled into the house, unpacking and all that fun stuff.

Wednesday was a full day at the office. And Thursday. And today. I love it! Even though, I'm not personally working on stuff, being in the office really has helped me see all of the things that go into planning and getting ready for a mission trip.

I can still hardly believe that I'm actually here, working with the Big World staff...I really truly believe that this is where God wants me to be right now, and that is so exciting. Two weeks ago(ish) I was really beginning to doubt that working in Tulsa was what I needed to be doing, but now that I'm here I see that it really is. I'm really glad that I didn't let Satan get me down so much that I backed out all together.

Surprise! I'm amazed at how much of my day is spent in prayer. I get busy on a task--whether it be copying room lists, stuffing envelopes or compiling the devo books--and I find myself being silent on the outside, and full of prayers and praises to God on the inside. Today seriously like the ONLY thing I did all day was work on the devo book for Ecuador. The whole time, I kept praying that God would use those pages to make a difference in the lives of the trip participants and that the participants could then use those lessons to make a difference on their world. I've been praying for the Brio trip alot too--most of the stuff I have done for that trip has been rooming lists and sending out flight information, so those prayers have been more concerned with safety and that the girls (and guys) will get along as well as humanly (or by God's Power) to make their ministry much more impactful. It's kinda funny, but I don't even know most of these people--they are just names without faces at the moment, but I care about them so much. Wierd, huh?

Anyay. I love it. I am amazed that I'm here. Yay for God.

Ok. I'm finishing up now. Two prayer requests. 1) I still need ALL of my money for the Ecuador trip (about $1500), please be praying that God will make a way for that trip to be possible. I really want to be there. I'm not sure why, but I think I NEED to be there for some reason...I can't explain it. 2) There is a girl that is signed up for Ecuador, but her father is refusing to sign the papers for her to get her passport--please pray for supernatural favor over her...