Truly too good to be true now.

I can't believe how good God is! He never ceases to amaze me. Ever! Yesterday everyone here in Ecuador was pressuring me so much to say here in Quito and help out at this school, even though no one knows anything about it. The origional school I came to help out at is CADE in Santo Domingo. It was nerveracking to think that I would be here in Quito with no other SM's and knowing nothing about a school that I'd be teaching at! Honestly I was scared. No other gringos to vent to! But I was trying trying my hardest to get used to the idea that if this is where God wants me it'd be ok. I knew in my mind that it'd be so, but it's so hard to accept something even if you know it's the best things! When you have a plan, it's scary to make such big changes with so many un-knowns. Everyone was rather conerened especially about my safety here because no one has been able to tell me ANYTHING about this school here. We just knew that there was more of a need for me here in Quito so they were saying that there wasn't a place for me in CADE anymore. I couldn't get any real reasons out of anyone--only problmes that could easily be solved 'excuses' more like. I was pressured to make a decision by this morning if I'd accept this position here in Quito--but they didn't really give me another option--here or go home! Which of course isn't really an option. I expressed all my concerns to someone at the conference who did speak english and he shared with me the urgency of the need here and my help. Even though I didn't feel like there was a greater chance to go to CADE, I felt better about the possibilty of staying here because I believe we both had a better understanding of where eachother were comign from. Talk about a huge change of plans! This morning I went to talk with the president of the conference I belileve becuase they needed us to make a decision together on what I was going to do. Thankfully they had someone translate so we could both express ourselves more freely and say what we actually wanted to say. I still don't understand what happened in that room. Only God and the prayers of all of you and more could have brought about what happened. After explaining what happened and the problem with the miscommunication, they said they wanted me to make the decision. What?! Everyone has been pressuring me to stay in Quito and not giving me many more options and telling me all these excuses that I can't go to CADE anymore. Maybe they finally decided that for their reputation's sake they better let me decide where I want to go? I was assurred that they want me to go where I feel happy and safe. They told me again that the staff at CADE is complete but they have a place for me to teach here but wanted to know what I thought about it. I told them that I still wanted to go to CADE becuase that where I came to work for. I didn't know there was any problem untill a few hours before I left the U.S. CADE is the only place that me and my family and the missions director at Walla Walla ( oh Jeanne dear) know about and feel safe with. None of us know anything about this other school. The translator said it was a cultural thing--apparently it's just our culture that likes to go where we came to go? I didn't realize that but apparently that was enough! The president made a phone call and came back and told me that they were going to make a plan for me to go to CADE! I could hardly believe what I was hearing! I still can't actually! After all this they're gonna let me go anyways? Why did we have to go through this whole process then? They told me to give my all, and put all my heart and work into CADE and forget about the problems that we've just had. I think they're worried about their reputation but I think they made a pretty good decision to try and save themselves! I can't believe that everything changed completely so fast! From no other option but to stay in Quito to going wherever I want to go? Only God's doing! Thanks to all the many prayers that have been going up all over I believe a miracle happened in that room. It's still hard to trust that that's actually what's going to happen--seems to good to be true! First it seemed too good to be true to actually be going to my SM destination, and it certainly was for awhile! I got into the right country though. And God worked yet another miracle. I'M GOING TO CADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you ALL for EVERYTHING you were doing to help this to work out! I don't know how you guys felt, but for me, I was just getting used to the thought of changing my plans when God worked a miracle to continue in the origional plans! I am sure that this is the best thing now. On Monday I'm going to register with the embassy here then I'm off to CADE! Don't know many more details yet but I feel confident that they will work things out for me. At last. If it's not too good to be true this time, I'M GOING TO CADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a HAPPY SABBATH! THANK YOU JESUS! and thank you to all of you who were frantically working, worrying, and praying. THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER!! I love you all and am sure I will have a fantastic weekend here in Quito! I hope you all have a good weekend too--worry no more my friends! God has proven Himself once again! And I'm crossing my fingers this won't truly be too good to be true now :)