Crazy Week!

This week has been crazy...and it's only Tuesday. 
I say it's been crazy, let me rephrase - it's going to be crazy. 
For one, I haven't gotten any calls to sub this week (it's the last few weeks of school...I guess teachers do kinda need to be there...but still, I have no money!) other than tomorrow for half a day. 
I am beginning my packing for my trip, and it's stressing me out more than I expected it would...I have 14 pounds and a backpack to take with me...that's it...I guess I'm going to learn how to pack lightly...I have no choice!  
I am in a wedding in 4 days!  I am so excited for one of my best friends, Heather, and I know it's going to be a wonderful day for her and her soon to be husband, Kavan.  It's going to be hot...like 94...and the wedding's outside...yikes!  But I am so excited! 


Despite all of this craziness that seems to be piling up on me, somehow I'm calm...
Sunday was Youth Sunday at my church, and they honored all of the graduates, both high school and college.  So I had to go up in front of my church and tell em who I am and what I'm going to do with my life (even though I don't know at the moment).  Anyways, during the worship, the service, and the gifts we received as graduates, and later that day in talking to the Missions Board - Jeremiah 29:11 was mentioned 7 times...7...Zach and I joke about 7 always being the answer to everything, and I don't think it was ironic that my favorite verse, the verse I try to live by, popped up so many times.  Last night, my mom and I got into a big tiff about my trip...sparing all of the details, I went to Kasee's house to talk, cry, and vent.  When I was leaving her house, as I got into my truck, a lady who had called into KLove was talking about Jeremiah 29:11...I saw it on someone's facebook status this morning...I promise, God, I am listening.  Even though life is crazy at the moment and I don't know where/if I'll have a job come August, I know that God has it all planned out and will let me know what I need to know when I need to know it (say that 5 times fast...).  It's so cool how God keeps reminding me to chill out, He's in control, He's not going to leave me, He's not going to send me somewhere and not protect me.  I have been stuck on the verses in Matthew 6 about worry for the past week...I just about have the whole thing memorized by now.  I'm leaving in 5 days...I have 25 hours of flying to get there...that's not counting the layovers.  I'm kinda freaking out...BUT, every time I start doing the "What if this happens" thing in my mind, it's like God is here and says, "Hey, stop that.  I've got ya covered.  I'm not going to let anything happen to you."  It's so cool and I don't really know how to explain it.  I don't understand how God works sometimes, and there are things about Him we will never understand in this lifetime, and I'm okay with that now.  I am so excited about my trip to Myanmar because I know God is going to do big things.  I know this because of everything that has already happened leading up to this trip.  


It's hard to accept sometimes, but 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says, "Rejoice always,  pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  It's actually REALLY hard to accept that sometimes.  But I'm learning that God has a reason for why we go through everything, good or bad.  The bad stuff sucks at times, but in all situations I think He is making us stronger, more dependent on Him, so that we can become more like Him.  One day we'll understand why we had to go through everything bad, hard, sad, whatever.  Right now I think the best thing we can do is trust that God has a good reason for everything in our lives.  Somehow that brings us peace that surpasses our understanding.