Throwback to when I got laid off the morning of my best friend's wedding

Exactly a year ago, today, I got laid off from the job I desperately loved. On September 13, 2022, I woke up extremely stoked to watch my best friend, Anna, get married in Hawaii later that day. First thing that morning, I went on my phone and checked my email (naturally, because I am an addict). I don't need any judgement from you people, I know you also rated "The Elimination of Hurry" five stars on your Goodreads and haven't applied any change to your lives either... Anyways, to my surprise, there was an email with no subject line from my boss letting me know that my role has been terminated.

This was genuinely traumatizing and left me extremely lost. I questioned what I was supposed to do next and why God was taking me away from the mission of anti-human trafficking which is what I felt so called to. As I processed this information alongside my group of friends as we vacationed in Hawaii, I cried out to God and asked him what I should do next. I am still in awe at the fact that God did not hesitate to begin speaking to me after this rattling news about my job.

As I was crying, praying and overthinking, I kept hearing God say, "Go to Thailand."

This was so weird to me because I have never in my life been to Thailand or had any reason to go in the future. I held onto the words he spoke as I returned from this trip. When I went to church at Southlands that Sunday upon my return, they announced that they were going on a last minute trip to visit one of our church plants in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The dots were finally connecting.

In November of 2022, I got to take a 10-day trip to One Light Church where my heart for God's kingdom grew even larger. I desperately wanted to stay longer and serve in greater capacities, but I decided to return and pray that if God wants me to come back, he would lead me there. I left that trip knowing deep down in my heart God was going to take me back. I did not think it would take a year of wrestling, waiting, and countless rejections, but I am grateful because I am finally returning and in His timing and not my own.