The question was asked of us today: How has God worked in you or changed you thus far?  It is a pretty broad question, so much has happened in this past month and a half.  The biggest thing the Lord has been teaching me is to simply trust.  I was so sure of the fact that I am staying here in South Africa in January and when things changed and that was not an option anymore I felt kind of lost.  I've just had to trust that the plans that God has for me in January will work, that He will provide in all that comes my way.  I've also just had to come to trust that God will take care of my family in the time that I'm not there.  What happens at home is out of my control, it's not as though I can quickly run home when something happens.  They are in His hands.

The other thing that has just been pressed even harder into my heart is that no matter how broken I am, no matter how much my heart aches I need to praise and worship God through that.  David constantly faced hard places and feelings but He always turns to God  and pushes through.  

Psalm 13
"How long, O LORD?  Will you forget me forever?  
How long will you hide your face from me?  
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, ‘I have overcome him', and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
BUT I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me.