In the small stuff

While God has not answered what I consider to be my "big" prayer request, which is what this blog has been about, he has been answering the "small" prayer requests. I categorized these things based on the amount of time and energy I have spent praying/worrying/struggling.

He has remained seemingly silent, although things might be going somewhere now, about what I am supposed to do about this conviction regarding human trafficking a exploitation.

But...

He has taken care of the "small" things, which are also the immediate concerns I have with daily life.

I started out this school year, a little short of money to cover the 8months I am in class, only a couple hundred dollars, which I knew I would be able to take care of with part time work over the semester. Well, things came up that were beyond my control, and that I had/wanted to pay for. People who had committed to sponsoring a young girl in the Philippines backed out, plus hidden costs the college didn't tell us about, ended up costing me more than double what I expected/agreed to pay. I couldn't let this girl drop out of college after one semester, she was so excited to go, and she is the first person from he village to go, her education will benefit her whole village. I wanted so much for her to go to college, so I gave the extra money. I also put money into other volunteer/ministry things that I am involved in, and decided to take and extra class to finish my Bible college degree along with my microbiology degree. Upon re-evaluating my financial situation in November I discovered I was a little over $1000 dollars short, that was taking into account the extra money I earned working. Oops! I was okay though, because I still had enough money to live until February and I knew God would provide for me. And he did. I just got a scholarship for $1500 just for being poor. More than enough to cover my needs with extra to go to Breakforth in Edmonton and a few other extras. Just getting the application in was a miracle. Paper work from Canada Student loans that last time took a couple months to get took less than 3 weeks!

Today I just received a card from the doctor saying I have an appointment to get ear tubes put in Dec. 17th. Normally it takes about 6 weeks to get an appointment, but this is only two weeks away at a perfect time between my exams! To make a long story short, I had an ear infection that wrecked my ear and left me with a significant negative pressure balance in my ear. Basically I feel like I am on a plane all the time. My ear pops and hurts so bad when I yawn, cough, sneeze or chew that it sometimes brings tears to my eyes. So I was really scared about getting on an actually plane for Christmas break. It would be double whammy having a negative pressure balance in my ear and ascending into a lower pressure atmosphere. I had postponed making the call because I was scared to get the tubes, until I realized the pending doom. So I called Monday, and was told to expect an appointment sometime in mid January. That wasn't going to help. So I prayed, like a little wussy kid, because I was scared of the pain that I was going to experience flying, and tada! God came to my rescue. It would be even cooler if I got to the appointment and the doc was like "Everything looks normal, you don't need tubes," but I can deal with getting the tubes I think.