I settled on the above just because it amused me.
Anyway the purpose of today's blog is to update you on my journey and future plans.
So where am I? Australia.
Did I plan to be here? Ummm, No!
How did it happen? It's a long story ...
So we all know that about 6 months ago I left South Korea and came home to New Zealand. I've been looking for work ever since. There have been many false starts, jobs applied for, jobs offered, jobs I've turned down, jobs I've accepted and then had fall apart for various reasons. I have been aimed at many countries around the world; Korea, Poland, America - twice, India, Africa, I've even interviewed for jobs in New Zealand (knowing it would mean giving up adventuring), but somehow none of them ever came together. Now finally I have a job, signed the contract and everything. :-) Not going to tell you where though - not until I get there, because I don't want to have to retract again if this one doesn't pan out ... but I'm pretty certain it will. ^^
So Australia - notice it wasn't on the list of countries listed above, haven't applied for any jobs here.
Now, about 4 weeks ago I was house sitting for a friend in Auckland and out of the blue I received an email offering me work. It was in response to some inquires I had made to a friend of a friend about a job they had mentioned in passing. They passed on my interest, and on the strength of that I got the job. Is a good job, maybe not the best of the best, but it does have wonderful hours, it is something I haven't tried before and it leaves me with lots of time to do my own projects.
Started the process of applying for visa's, bought my tickets to fly based around the time my new employer needed me to arrive and then things happened to slow the visa process down. When I booked my ticket the first leg of my journey was via a 4 day stop in Brisbane to see one of my favourite people tie the knot. (Lovely day, happy happy, joy, joy, etc.)
It became apparent that the visa process would not be finished before I flew to Brisbane, but it could be finished in Sydney, and the second stop of my journey just happened to be Sydney. So what was supposed to be a stop of an hour and a half while I changed planes and headed out into the big wide world again has become a 3 week stop while I wait for my visa to finish processing.
This has turned out to be an unexpected blessing, I have gotten time to spend with some more of my favourite people who I did not expect to see this trip, and currently I am staying with some wonderful friends, and spending time at my university searching out articles, and getting advice and starting to work on my thesis. One of my many goals for this year is to finish my Masters!!!!! Hence this stop has actually turned out to be very well timed, I get to use the library and talk directly to the people who can give me the best help - so much better than trying to do that through emails.
I'm not entirely sure of my dates, but I think I'll be back in Sydney in about a weeks time (say the 15th to the 21st - ish) to finish the visa process, so if anyone has an empty bed they'd be happy for me to inhabit, or a hankering for my company over lunch or dinner or coffee/hot chocolate then drop me a line and we'll see what can be arranged.
Anyway through all of this, I can see God's hand, He is in control - although if I'm honest I have to say that I have wondered/doubted, during those times when yet another job has been added to the list of 'Places That I Didn't Get To Go To.' But He is leading - even when we don't know where. We just have to trust and wait, all will be revealed in due course. At the right time, when He knows that we are ready.
As for the dream of the African School, it will happen, we are still working on it. ^^
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