The Story God Wrote For Me

March 21, 2011 So an update from the “home front”. I attempted to leave Niger as scheduled on March 18 but after about 2 plus hours in the Air France booking office I didn’t get to leave as scheduled. My travel agent booked my return flight home when he booked my original flight to leave back in April of 2010. I had already confirmed my flight back with the Air France website, their customer service and I had already been assigned a seat (44A) in my name but they said they didn’t have a ticket number for me so therefore they couldn’t let me board……crazy! I learned one lesson…….I thought I was a stubborn person but Africans beat me in the stubborn range…. Very disappointing and maddening since it was a simple mistake on Air France’s part and should have been fixed ASAP. So I went back home and just prayed. I’m a firm believer in the saying there is a reason and a purpose for everything so I just had to stand strong and believe that Jesus had a reason. The next morning my supervisor a...

Where do I start? I’m leaving Niamey in exactly 25 hours. I will arrive in Paris on March 18th and will be staying there for 3 days. I will arrive in ATL on Monday around 4:00pm (GA time). Depending on how tired I am and how late it is I will probably stay in Newnan with Daddy and be leaving for Andalusia by Tuesday AM. So I hope to see all of you very soon, Lord Willing. When God first told me to come to Niger, I could have never imagined what all would take place once I arrived. I have learned so much and part of me is terrified that when I get back home to the States I will forget what I’ve learned and who I have become. I’ve had trials but my faith in God has grown stronger than ever and I love my Savior more now than I did before I came out to this desert. The hardest trial I had in Niamey was the malaria. I first “obtained” malaria in late August and had it reoccur for the months of September, October, and November. I joke around and call them Malaria #1, #2, #3, and #4 but ho...

So I am leaving Niger 2 weeks from today. I am already feeling the stress and rush out the American lifestyle and I have not even made it back yet. This week I have had to deal with my bank account being short of some money and trying to figure out why and how, after secure emails, phone calls, and it still isn't worked out and nobody can tell me what happened to the check. Pray it is worked out soon because missing money stresses me out BIG TIME. Then I found out today that my P.O. Box that I've had for 12 years is needing me to come in and update some information, and only the box holder can update this information and bring in 2 forms of identification and if I don't come in then my P.O. Box is going to be closed......urghhh....then I’m trying to get my taxes ready because I won't have time to work on them once I get home and I have to file them 2 days after I land and trying to deal with all of this right now isn't really working for me so can we just hit the Am...