All the little connections...

Wow - Isn't it cool when things just seem to "come together." I know I haven't updated in a while, and I know I should have! Sorry! But God has been awesome to me lately. He's truly transforming my heart. As sad as it is to say, He is changing my love for South Africa and my desire to do ministry there. Don't get me wrong, I love South Africa, and should He place me back there I will shout for joy!! But, my heart is aching to get back to Durham. My church is there... my friends are there (well, a lot of them anyway!), and I feel such a pull to be there. There is so much need for ministry in Durham. I am hoping to get a Pre-K teaching position in Durham Public Schools next year. Being a teacher anywhere is a ministry in and of itself! There aren't as many Pre-K jobs in the public schools as there are other grades, but I am trusting God that just one of them will leave so I can have her job! hehe I hope that's not mean. Actually though, just last night I was talking to our worship pastor's fiance. She just happens to be working with the Durham Pre-Ks, doing testing with the incoming kids (or something of the sorts). And she informed me that she was just working with one of the teachers who is planning on transfering to a higher grade next year!! This school is in a neighborhood that I'd love to be in. As a friend of mine put it at church today, it's a "Joburg" neighborhood! ha! (Don't take offense if you're from Joburg.) So I was telling two lady friends of mine about this job opening, and one of the ladies says that I should talk to Sheryle Metcalf. Now, I've heard her name planty of times and have seen it on the Durham Public Schools' website. She's the one who is in charge of the Pre-Ks in Durham. The next thing out of my friend's mouth was, "you should've come and sat with us today. She was sitting right by us!" What the heck?! She goes to the same church as me, and I didn't even know it. Crazy crazy crazy... I don't know if having all these little connections will help me get a job. I mean, I do still have to be a good teacher!! But I tell you what... all these little things all work together in the hands of a BIG God, and He is confirming more and more everyday that Durham is where He wants me to be in service to Him. I finally feel like a missionary again. I know I am called to a certain place. It may not be overseas, but in a sense, it's a very different culture. I'm excited, and I'm ready to go.

"Here am I, Lord. Send me!"

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