I am on a journey…

I woke up at 7 am one the 30th of May to get ready to start my journey home and then to North Carolina.  I was getting all my stuff together and decided to double check that I had everything.  I was shocked to discover that my ticket home was not booked for the 30th but for the 20th.  My heart sunk… then remembering God’s promised for me and what He says in His word.                  ⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6-7                                                                                       I took that… and trusted that that was true for me… so I prayed that God would guild me and lead me.  And it was amazing the peace that God gave me the whole trip home.

From Aalesund to Olso I got to travel with one of the students mom… it was very nice to have a travel buddy.  On the flight to Oslo got to sit beside this very nice Italian man.  He really opened up to me and told me how hard it was for him to live in a different country where the people are so different then what he was used to.  That he felt very lonely in Norway… and I even got to pray for him.  He was so blessed by that and asked me more questions about my relationship with God.  It was wonderful!!

When I got to Oslo, I got my bags almost right away and had plenty of time to rebook my tickets and get to my flight to Amsterdam.  Upon my arrive to Amsterdam I found out that my flight to Minneapolis was delayed till the next morning at 8.  So, I got put up in a very nice hotel and got a nice dinner and breakfast then next morning.  It was bittersweet…  it gave me sometime to relax and process a little bit.  I also met some lovely ladies when I was going to the shuttle bus… I got to talk with them and have dinner with them.  Which was nice… they were all from the Winnipeg area.  But because of this delay I couldn’t get on my connecting flight from Winnipeg back to Minneapolis.  Which was a bummer cause that would mean I couldn’t see my parents.  But that also changed, cause then decided to drive to Minneapolis to visit me.  Which was very nice of them.  That being said… I found out later that the lady that rebooked my flight and allowed  me to pick up my flight in the middle was something that is normally not done.  She did me a huge favor that I didn’t know.  Also, because my parents drove to see me I decided to see if I could get on a later flight, that way I could spend a little more time with them.  Once again they did me a big favor to switch my flight.  So, even though it didn’t work out as planned.  God really answered all my prayers and made everything work out.  All the people I talked to were very helpful and I know that I had God’s favor.  And I got to spend more time with my parents then if I would have come home to Winnipeg.  So… it was a journey for sure, but a very good one.  

So, tonight at 7 I leave for North Carolina and will start my next journey there tomorrow.  

Thanks for all your prayers… I don’t believe that this would have all worked out the way it did without them. Thanks so much!!

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~ by xteenanicole on June 1, 2009.