So there are days where I wish that this was the start of my senior year of college, like it should be, but then I get to thinking... I'm where God wants me. If I would have stayed at BSU, trying to figure out what to major in and completely ignoring where God was leading me, I'd be doing my own thing and not obeying God. I've come to realize that God has to move in big ways for me to notice what he wants from me, which it shouldn't be like that. I've been better at following than I was a year and a half ago. It doesn't take a big event anymore, which is great! A year and a half ago, I couldn't say that. It took God closing the doors on me ever returning to BSU to understand that BSU, and even the city of Muncie, is not where he wants me. God knows my future and he has bigger plans for me than I can even imagine.

Never in a million years would I have thought to be a missionary. That didn't even pop into my head until I went on my first mission trip back in March 2008. I had it on my mind after that and could feel the call to go into missions. I had no clue where to go from there. I was lost. I was going to try to stay at BSU and major in Geography: Travel and Tourism and use that somehow to enter the mission field. God quickly brought that to a halt and showed me that is not what he has planned for me. By some poor choices on my part, I was dismissed from BSU, which I now see as a blessing... I know hard to imagine but it was. I took a semester off from school so that I could get back on track with God, much needed! And God showed me where he wanted me and what that next step was.

Last spring semester I enrolled at HU, majoring in missions. This is my second semester at the school and I gotta say, I am so glad that God NEVER gives up on us but continues to guide us, we just have to let him take control. HU has been a wonderful fit and I am learning soo much! I've got hopefully only 2 years (4 semesters, current one included) and an internship left before I can graduate, which I am aiming for May 2011. (so just one year later than what it should be)

This has been an interesting journey but I wouldn't trade it for anything! It has taught me a lot and brought me closer to God and to some of my friends! When we get into tuff situations we have to remember to stay positive. God has us here for reasons that sometimes take awhile to figure out. So lean on him, he knows what he is doing!

God Bless!