A blast from the past!

Today I got an email from myself that I wrote a year ago and sent on futureme.org. It was so weird thinking back to where I was a year ago writing it and where I am now. I didn't write a lot but made me feel slightly emotional reflecting on where God has brought me in the last year. Here's some of the email...

"I wonder where you are right now reading this... because now, 07/05/11, I have no idea where I'm going to be in a year. I keep trying to trust that God has a plan and he knows what I'm going to be doing, but it's so hard not knowing! Since the PGCE and Pais fell through I haven't even thought about it. I really thought God wanted me to do Pais. I hope things have panned out right and that you have learnt to trust and obey God in everything. I don't really know what else to say, except I'm sorry for messing up your degree! I've just given our dissertation in and I know it was terrible :( I hope the essays and exam went a lot better!"

Right now, on 07/05/12, I again have no idea where I'm going to be in a year but it's so encouraging to look back on that and remember how God was at work and how his plans came into action. The reason I thought Pais had fallen through was because I found out I couldn't go to do Pais in Texas. I was so confused and upset about that, but it must have been at some time in just the next 3 weeks after writing this that God brought a girl called Kelli McFarlane to me and we got chatting about Pais:Ireland. I just remember wondering why I hadn't thought of it before and next thing I knew I was applying! Now here I am, a year later, living in Northern Ireland and currently in the car on our way to the Pais:Ireland retreat in Newcastle, County Down. This email came at the perfect time to remind me to keep relying on God's plan and trusting in him!

And the other funny part about the email... I didn't mess up my degree!! The dissertation wasn't great, but not as bad as I thought and some of those last essays and exams were my best in the whole 3 years of uni! I somehow managed to get a 2:1 in my degree and graduation day was full of pride, relief and thankfulness to God for getting me through!!

P.S. I think futureme.org is amazing and I'll definitely be sending myself another email soon!! I recommend giving a go!

...and here's a wee graduation picture for you!