Drum roll please...

And the official destination for my overseas teaching adventure with the Lord is:

Turkey

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, I received a phone call while at work letting me know I would be heading to Turkey in August to teach English for a year. After the initial shock and excitement, it felt weird to have an official destination. For the first time in this process I actually know where I am going. In the first three and a half months, there was always a possibility that Morocco would not work out. Then, for the last month and a half, it was Turkey or Vietnam. I settled into a comfort zone of uncertainty, so when I heard "Turkey," I felt off kilter. It literally took a few days for me to feel normal as I shared my destination.

But God is faithful 100%!! After about four weeks of very slow fundraising, I have received $675 in the last three days (plus whatever the total is for the change people collected). God is active and working and is confirming this call. On top of this, He has honestly been preparing me for Turkey since October! My church hosts a Persian church service and Bible studies, and I have had the wonderful opportunity to serve and grow in a familiarity with the Persian food and culture. Well, in case you didn't know this, refugees from Iran go through Turkey on their way to the states...sometimes for years at a time. Only a God as big as our God could have planned this! As a result of serving in the Farsi service, I now have access to all these wonderful Persians who have friends in Turkey and can help prepare me for my time overseas.

We serve an incredible, mighty, wonderful, perfect God! His plan and His active hand are overwhelming at times in a way that brings me such in credible joy! God is good all the time and I feel so incredibly blessed to be serving in His army.