prayer is important ESPECIALLY when you least feel like it

i'm apparently not so bad at teaching, because the two kids i used to tutor in the U.S. "still haven't found one as good as you", to put it in the hiring person's words. i also landed a job teaching English and the owner of the place asked, "so what is your wish?", meaning what is your ideal situation. cool. praise the Lord for providing.

i visited another small group today and they were again very welcoming. we played a game and it was fun, comfortable, etc. to be around Christians, esp in a country like Taiwan. all i have to say is they definitely don't have the "southern hospitality" that texas has, of course! (do i feel a little texas pride? who would have thought!)

this march for spring break, i went with a group of UPenn students in the Wharton China Business Society at UPenn to visit multinational and local companies in Shanghai, and exchanged emails with the CEO of TBWA in Shanghai, one of the largest advertising conglomerates in the world. so, this led to that, and i had a webcam chat with the CEO of the TBWA agency here in Taiwan. before i graduated, we chatted about interning opportunities, etc. and he's inviting me to lunch and showing me around the agency next week. cool huh? maybe i can intern there on my free time and meet taiwanese celebrities!!

and just a day ago, i was fretting about how "not well" things were going here. how things change so quickly after prayer....

quick thoughts:

take things one day at a time. i think God is really, REALLY teaching me to solely rely on Him. we are reading about meekness (trusting events that happen are in God's plan...allowing God to use these events to change you for the better) in our small group (in the U.S.) and i am really having to fall back on these lessons in my life, especially when it's much easier to take things into my own hands.

JUST PRAY!!!!!