BIG SIGH and BIG PRAISE...

So though most days in the office are incredibly...uhm...trying, today was GOOD.  The Chinese visas AT LAST came in!!  So it is now confirmed that I have not single-handedly ruined the summer-fates of 13 well-deserving students (and in my tremendous arrogance, I actually think I wield that sort of power).   Yet again, God has stepped in and accomplished for me what I could never even imagined possible.  Sometimes I wonder why He has put such a must-be-perfect-the-first-time person like me in this position...perhaps He needs a good holy laugh every now and then  

Seriously, though, my faith has grown so much recently.  I think I'm beginning to understand David's frequent gratitude for the Lord "enlarging [his] boundaries"--He is certainly enlarging the boundaries in the realm of what I really believe He can and WILL do on my most undeserving behalf!

In other news...

Wedding invites hit the mail this week.  Wow.  That means we're actually getting close, people!  Only 2 1/2 months away until I will finally be united with my dearest friend and love   By the way, please pray for housing--we have been contacted about the one we wanted, and tomorrow we go to make sure it looks as we desire.  If so, we sign on THURSDAY!!  YAY!  If we sign, I'll post pics soon

P.S. 75 days!!!!