Just Trust.

Hi,

Today was the first day of class!  As I have said before, and will probably feel like saying for a while, so much happened today.  So much happens every day when you step out of your comfort zone and experience something new.  Almost every waking moment that I have been in St. Johns, I have learned something that I have not known before.  The people here continue to amaze me and show me how unique the individual is.  Everyone is different and special in there own way.

While there is a lot that i would like to talk about, such as the hard-to-wrap-your-mind-around kindness of the people here, or how they all seem to know more about America--and its politics, than I do, that will have to wait for a later date.  I am going to talk about something that I have never experienced, and that is not knowing where I will be sleeping tonight.

Before I arrived in St. Johns, I was told by the university to come two days early, stay in temporary housing for two or so nights while looking for an apartment, and then leave temporary housing to stay in the apartment that I found.  Well, I got an email about this program that the university just started, called a HomeShare.  The idea behind this is that I would live with a family while in St. John's and help to serve them in their home any way possible.  Rent will be cheaper.  Food will be better.  Bonds will be tighter.

Gosh, I wish I would have known that this program was just getting started.  I go in for an interview tomorrow, which will help me get matched with the best family; I won't get matched with the family until the following week.  I was unaware of any of this before arriving here.  I was a bit nervous that I had not heard more from them before arriving, but I was hopeful and thought that it would all get set up within the first two days of arriving.  I booked the hostel room for 2 days.  Luckily they let me stay a third.

Now, upon getting kicked out of the hostel do to other people booking a spot probably weeks ago, I am homeless.  I don't know where I will be staying tonight, or the rest of the nights leading up to the time in which I get placed with a host family.  Guess what, though?  I trust God.  He has put so many options out there for me since I became without a place to stay.  I have ran into so many people, and all of them have been hospitable and helpful.  For the last couple of days, I feel like there have been so many divine encounters.  It's like I keep running into the people that I need to run into, and that I am always at the place that I need to be at.  It's crazy.

My last class today is from 7:00 to 9:30.  When I get out of class, I will be off to wherever it is that I need to go.  I am not sure of this yet.  I trust God will reveal to me the best option for tonight.  I trust that He will always provide for me, no matter where I am.

Don't worry about tomorrow,

Benjamin