A Real Page Turner

When you are young and in school teachers ask "What are you going to be when you grow up?" and you generally respond along these line "teacher", "doctor", "fire fighter", or "penguin trainer" (If you have my little sister's cunning cooky-ness). But really this question doesn't make much sense to me because every time that I have a plan, and man is it a good plan, God comes in and changes my plan to his even better plan. He takes my decent and makes it fabulous.

As a young child I wanted to be lots of things and to tell you the truth I am very few of those things. I wanted to be a model but, at all of 5'3 that isn't an option. I wanted to be a pediatrician but now the idea of an office job like that is kind of boring to me. I wanted to be an artist and yes I occasionally paint or craft but nothing with the beauty of a DaVinci, Monet, or even Picasso. But what I am now is amazing. I am actually letting God direct my plans and He has led me someplace super awesome. I am now a 20 year old college graduate, with a degree in mathematics none the less, thanks in large part to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. I have a wonderful husband (again thank you TAMS haha). I write quirky children's stories that I hope will eventually get a response (I don't worry though, because Dr. Seuss sent out around 100 queries before receiving a positive response and I only have sent 5). I always thought that God would use me somehow in the US and didn't see myself as a "world traveler" yet now God has given me a passion for the world and different languages and He is sending me to Uganda.

My advice to anyone who needs a little direction in life: tell God "I don't know what is coming next but I want you to pick". I no longer feel like the sole, clueless author of my life. I feel like a character in the story of the world and this story is a real page turner. I can hardly wait to see what will come next.

This Saturday, Mitchell and I are moving apartments. Pray that I focus and get everything packed (if you are bored this week come sit on my couch and tell me to pack things, I'll even make you some lunch). Also pray that there aren't any big problems with our new apartment like roaches or rats or holes in walls or creepy neighbors.