Things were taking shape. My belongings were scattered in many but organized piles around my room. Pausing for a moment I looked around; I recounted fond memories of my time at YWAM Ozarks. Some fully packed boxes held gifts and journals from the few years I lived there. Most often though, the three years felt like several lifetimes. Traveling abroad months at a time, going through and working with Discipleship training schools take you beyond the normal niceties and give you opportunities to make deep connections with people and the Lord. Sometimes making it feel as if your new friends are more of your brothers and sisters than your very own.
Looking down again at my stuff I had a sudden thought. I am totally packing in faith that I have somewhere to live in Dallas! I have no idea where I am going to live! I laughed. All I knew was that I was moving to Dallas for school and that was it.
Immediately I hopped onto my bed where my laptop sat and I logged into my email instead of googling places to live. I guess I did that out of habit. But to my surprise an email from my new employer sat in my inbox. The subject line read, "Fwd: Dallas Cousin with House." My jaw dropped. I opened the email to find this message:
"Robin is a lovely, single woman (40) who lives alone with her dog. I told her about Rebecca's need for a place to live for 10 months and she said she would be very happy to have Rebecca stay with her."
God, you are so awesome! I chuckled, and continued chuckling throughout the afternoon. It had not occurred to me to mention that I needed a place to live, but of course, as fast as everything was happening and changing the Lord was watching out for me and preparing the way.
