NO WAY!!

so for awhile the past month or two i have been like, so am i really suppose to go to thailand, what am i thinking? ahhhh...

what led to this confusion was my friend praew, who i was suppose to stay with, told me that it wasnt going to work out like she had planned. her new home, which was suppose to be finished in august, now wont be finished till who knows when. as a result there was no room for sherri anymore.

that is what let to the ahhhhh. but praew proved how awesome she is by searching the apartments near siam square, where i need to be for my course, to find a place for me to stay called the evergreen. it is not ripping-me-off-expensive, not sketchy, and if i only speak english i will be all right. she has connections to it through her university so i get a discount. i will have an exchange student roommate which matches me since i love internationals, and she will be able to commiserate with me and my cultural shockness. and i will even have a maid come in every day and clean it!?

then i was like, ahhhh, but i dont have a job! even though i will finish the course at the end of august it doesnt guarantee me a job. yet, i emailed a church in the area, called newsong, which i heard about through two different people. i asked about their ministry and then randomly was like, so...is there anyone in your congregation who needs english teachers? it turns out there was...whoa!

i got connected to someone who works for SDRF (Sustainable Development Research Foundation) which is a Thai foundation whose mission is to serve people throughout Thailand in a holistic way, one being through education. she is in charge of the bangkok branch which is Elite of Thailand ( lite is SAT prep school), CARC ( Center for at Risk people-Slum Communities and Woman at Risk) and Mobilization Project.

so she said that she needs teachers at Elite to tutor the wealthy kids of Thailand in the SAT so they can go off to American universities. she said since i majored in journalism i could tutor them in the writing section. i love writing, so that made me really excited. i also love that the money they make goes to meaningful causes, yet i still get paid. i even get paid more than what the average english teacher gets paid. it fits everything i was looking for, so after a few interviews i surprisingly got the job!

i will start work in september after i finish my course...its crazy how when i reach the point of wondering how anything will connect...i worry...i wonder...and worry...and wonder... but in the end, for me it usually all flows together without my worrying crazed efforts doing anything to help.

what a sweet blessing.