San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
San Diego or Indianapolis?
it's a tough decision to make.. today i've been mostly leaning more towards San Diego just because of the opportunity of a whole new experience. and there really aren't any very logical reasons to take this kind of a step even into consideration but i still feel strangely attracted to the idea. and then there are lots of logical and great reasons to stay in Indianapolis but somehow they still don't seem good enough.
i'm just sooo confused right now..!
Friday, July 29, 2005
a crazy week
ok, last friday i got the evaluation of my swiss transcripts
back. they say that since i haven't taken any classes at the university level my diploma is officially the equivalent of a high school diploma in the united states. so in order to get a degree i would have to "start from scratch" and do a whole 4 years of college. sad news.. on the other hand all my options are open to go off and do anything anywhere. it's a great opportunity.
I've been considering the option of moving to San Diego with some friends and help start their new ministry since i'm not bound by anything here right now. The downside in that is that i'd have to live there for at least a year before being able to go to school because it costs so much more for non-residents. and then i'd also be real far away from my family (the part that lives in the us). i can't make up my mind on what to do next and there are a lot of logical reasons for staying in indianapolis and a lot of not-so-logical reason for going to san diego.
THEN this week my car caught on fire - flames coming out of the alternator! i put it out with a bottle of water i happened to have handy. when i called aaa it took them about 2 hours to get me to a place to get it looked at. but luckily i was stuck at a Starbucks during that time. that was on monday.
on thursday i got the car back, new alternator, no cost to me because i had just gotten it put in in october by the same garage. after driving home i went out to get something at the hardware store and as i drove back i smelled the same smell as on monday so i did the same thing all over again. today, friday, i got it back and it seems to all be normal again..
back. they say that since i haven't taken any classes at the university level my diploma is officially the equivalent of a high school diploma in the united states. so in order to get a degree i would have to "start from scratch" and do a whole 4 years of college. sad news.. on the other hand all my options are open to go off and do anything anywhere. it's a great opportunity.
I've been considering the option of moving to San Diego with some friends and help start their new ministry since i'm not bound by anything here right now. The downside in that is that i'd have to live there for at least a year before being able to go to school because it costs so much more for non-residents. and then i'd also be real far away from my family (the part that lives in the us). i can't make up my mind on what to do next and there are a lot of logical reasons for staying in indianapolis and a lot of not-so-logical reason for going to san diego.
THEN this week my car caught on fire - flames coming out of the alternator! i put it out with a bottle of water i happened to have handy. when i called aaa it took them about 2 hours to get me to a place to get it looked at. but luckily i was stuck at a Starbucks during that time. that was on monday.
on thursday i got the car back, new alternator, no cost to me because i had just gotten it put in in october by the same garage. after driving home i went out to get something at the hardware store and as i drove back i smelled the same smell as on monday so i did the same thing all over again. today, friday, i got it back and it seems to all be normal again..
Thursday, July 14, 2005
one of those God things
here's a crazy little story about how God has been working in my life and providing for me in these last couple of days..
It actually all started when I was making plans to go to a friends' going away party. At Starbucks we have to write it into the calendar 2-3 weeks ahead of time when we’re unavailable on any given day.
So I forgot to do that on the day of the party. Last week I got my schedule for this week and saw that I was working on Saturday morning and Sunday night. That was just perfect for my plans on the weekend since I was also going to play drums on Sunday morning. Now for some reason I thought that Sunday was the 16th and the party was on Sunday and so I found someone to cover my shift on Sunday afternoon.
Then another girl at our store also needed someone to cover her shift on Saturday afternoon and since I had no plans (I thought) we switched our shifts so she could work that morning and I could work in the afternoon.
Great. So I get home after work. And go to my computer to make the changes in my calendar and realized that I got everything backwards and that it all would have worked out fine, hadn’t I just made a complete mess of it all! So I prayed that God would help me get back out of that mess (turning to prayer as a first resort for a change.. as I had just learned at church :-) )
Now, the girl who switched shifts with me couldn’t switch back because she already had plans. So I found someone else to switch with and now I’m working Saturday morning as planned.
Now what’s really cool is that I was scheduled to play drums at church on Sunday morning and rehearsal is Thursday night. But I got an email from our worship leader asking if I could play on Sunday night instead (then rehearsal is on Sunday afternoon before the service). And as you can recall I have someone covering my shift Sunday night. That just worked out perfectly!
But now I’m low on working hours (I need to work 20 or more hours a week to get benefits) so I called and asked other Starbucks’ in the area if they needed any shifts covered this week. I just got one on Thursday night that would bump my hours back over the 20 hours I need.. and since I’m playing drums Sunday night instead of morning I don’t have a rehearsal on Thursday night which means I can work that shift.
So God made 3 things work out perfectly at the same time!
And here's my short word of encouragement (before I shut up) to all of you who are wondering what God's doing in your life:
God is saying "I know what I'm doing, I know in which direction we're heading and I know which exit to take. Trust me!"
Y'all have a great rest of the week!
See ya on Sunday (or was it Saturday?)
Daniel
It actually all started when I was making plans to go to a friends' going away party. At Starbucks we have to write it into the calendar 2-3 weeks ahead of time when we’re unavailable on any given day.
So I forgot to do that on the day of the party. Last week I got my schedule for this week and saw that I was working on Saturday morning and Sunday night. That was just perfect for my plans on the weekend since I was also going to play drums on Sunday morning. Now for some reason I thought that Sunday was the 16th and the party was on Sunday and so I found someone to cover my shift on Sunday afternoon.
Then another girl at our store also needed someone to cover her shift on Saturday afternoon and since I had no plans (I thought) we switched our shifts so she could work that morning and I could work in the afternoon.
Great. So I get home after work. And go to my computer to make the changes in my calendar and realized that I got everything backwards and that it all would have worked out fine, hadn’t I just made a complete mess of it all! So I prayed that God would help me get back out of that mess (turning to prayer as a first resort for a change.. as I had just learned at church :-) )
Now, the girl who switched shifts with me couldn’t switch back because she already had plans. So I found someone else to switch with and now I’m working Saturday morning as planned.
Now what’s really cool is that I was scheduled to play drums at church on Sunday morning and rehearsal is Thursday night. But I got an email from our worship leader asking if I could play on Sunday night instead (then rehearsal is on Sunday afternoon before the service). And as you can recall I have someone covering my shift Sunday night. That just worked out perfectly!
But now I’m low on working hours (I need to work 20 or more hours a week to get benefits) so I called and asked other Starbucks’ in the area if they needed any shifts covered this week. I just got one on Thursday night that would bump my hours back over the 20 hours I need.. and since I’m playing drums Sunday night instead of morning I don’t have a rehearsal on Thursday night which means I can work that shift.
So God made 3 things work out perfectly at the same time!
And here's my short word of encouragement (before I shut up) to all of you who are wondering what God's doing in your life:
God is saying "I know what I'm doing, I know in which direction we're heading and I know which exit to take. Trust me!"
Y'all have a great rest of the week!
See ya on Sunday (or was it Saturday?)
Daniel
Friday, July 01, 2005
attacks in many areas
sorry this is going to be such short one.. i'll explain in more details later.. please pray for me! i feel i'm being attacked in many different areas of my life. i've been making a lot of progress in the areas i've previously wrote about and at the same time i starting to have even more difficulties. thanks for all your prayers!
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