WC...what is that?

well, WC can stand for many things, such as:

• Water Closet
• World Cup
• Wind Chill
• Waist Circumference
• Worship Center
• World Conquest
• Wanaruah Custodians? (i promise i didn't make this one up)

but the WC i wanna talk about stand for World Changers, baby!  those of you who do not already know about my situation (or those of you who forgot the deets), please refer to this blog post to get caught up, cause i don't really want to type it all out again.  i'll just pick up where that post left off.

you're back already?  good!  so as you read i was invited to the hiring weekend in january of 2011, and let me be the first to tell you that it was a whirlwind of a weekend!  i had to leave campus at 4 in the morning to get to the airport in time, i proved to the DFW TSA that i'm not a terrorist, was told to go to a gate at the other end of the world from my real gate and then alllllmost missed my flight!!!  it was nuts, but i got there safe and sound and in one piece.

the weekend was great and i met lots of really awesome, godly people.  the WC staff informed us that only 7 or 8 out of the 16 of us would be hired!  eep!  the good news was that it was possible to be hired even after not being hired cause often times people drop out or quit.  keep this tidbit of info in mind!

so you'll never guess what happened after that weekend...i had even more waiting to do!  yeah!  i know!  loco, verdad?  i spend quite a bit of time in prayer over the next couple of weeks as i anticipated the news of my potential employment.

to cut this long story short, i was told that they could not hire me for the summer.  what a bummer (rhyme intended).  my God never ceases to amaze me, though.  i thought i would be so depressed and down about it for a long time, but i felt such great peace about the whole thing.  the Lord really just filled me with his spirit and completely assured my faith in him.

so what does one do when their summer plans for the past 6 months have suddenly been changed?  well thats actually a good question, cause it was life as usual from that point on.  i honestly didn't do much in the way of searching for a new summer job, which actually turned out to be a blessing, as you will soon see!

2 weeks ago tomorrow i was sitting in my room after class, just minding my own beeswax when i get a call...from a georgia area code...oh.  snap.  i hastily answered the phone and who would be on the other end than the very sweet hiring lady from World Changers?!  in a daze i listened as she explained that a spot for an office manager had opened up and that i was their first alternate!  she asked if i wanted the job and i couldn't say "yes" fast enough!  i then proceeded to call both of my parents and my youth pastor to pass on the good news.  the rest of the day was spent in praise and thanks to the Lord.  i could not believe how much blessing he chose to pour out on me, especially after a super hard and emotional few days the week before.

basically all of this means that i have an awesome job with a totally cool crew this summer, serving the Lord and loving on others.  i start on may 29 and will be in north carolina with my crew until the first week of august, and i cannot tell you how excited i am!  i'm still not sure why the Lord chose to make me wait so long, but i know that he was glorified in all of it and he is definitely worthy of praise!

thank you, to all of you who kept me in your prayers about this.  they were greatly appreciated!  the power of prayer is really awesome and it's so worth the time it takes.

so that's it!  congrats for making it all the way to the end of this very long blog!  i hope you think it was worth it!