God in the Small Things

In the past few years I've become so much more aware of God in the small thing of life. I've gone through some big changes/struggles/issues/problems in the past 4 years, as most college students do and I learned to see God in the small things in life as well as in the big things. God has been confirming that New Zealand is the right thing in my life right now. I've just been finding out so many different connections with New Zealand or with Oxford that I never knew that I had! 


-My friend's grandma lives about an hour and a half from where I'll be in New Zealand. I never knew that  his grandma lives there and it was just one of those random connections. 
-A guy that I worked with at North Park, his wife did a DTS (Discipleship Training School) at Oxford right after she graduated from New Zealand. 
- A girl I went to North Park with my freshman year told me she knows another girl going on this exact same trip! I'm going to be hopefully connecting with her in the next month or so. :)
-My parents have friends that live in Auckland and they have most graciously said that I can come stay with them early so that I can adjust to the time and also to do some sightseeing on the North Island as I won't be doing that while I'm in training. 


These are just a few of the ways God has been confirming this in my life. It just seems very much the right thing and what God is calling me to do. Someone told me this awhile ago when I was in the waiting process of hearing back from YWAM about whether or not I'm accepted. "When God says Yes, No one can say No." If God is calling me on this trip then everything will fall into place, my support will come in, I'll get everything done and ready and it will be a (hopefully) smooth process. :) I think about in Romans 8:31 how it says "If God is for me, then who can be against me?" And it so true. If God is for me in going then who will stand against me? I know I will come across hardships and difficulties because I am going to proclaim the name of Jesus and to make Him known to the lost. To show compassion and love and mercy and justice to those who receive none. The Devil does not want this and so I pray and ask for you to pray for me that I stand strong and that I do not get discouraged by things that don't go according to plan. That I would persevere through hardships and trials that come. 


Thank you for all the love and support I have felt and gotten in the past 2 weeks! I am so deeply encouraged and will be giving you an update on how I am doing on my support soon!


Love you.