Roommates

I thought our hope of being roommates were dashed, little did I know that God was planning Burundi instead of Warm Beach Camp.
Stephanie Harris' great grandpa and my grandpa were identical twin brothers. Stephanie and I had met before at family reunions but that was where it stopped. Until I went to work at Warm Beach Camp. Stephanie and I knew we were related when we started the job but we didn't know how well we would get along. The summer went by and Stephanie and I became close. With the next summer working side by side we couldn't just stop hanging out because the job was over. We stayed later in our family cabin on the property. We were discussing our next plans and we both didn't have any. We decided that we wanted to live in the family cabin and work at the camp. We would be roommates. But as plans made by girls in their 20's go it didn't happen.
God didn't think the same way I did though. God was planning, as he does.
When the chair of the English dept. at HAU asked me to be an English professor while I was there I told him I was willing but didn't really want to. The more I thought about it my thoughts took me back to my report cards for English classes, D's and C's. The thought of me teaching English was a complete joke. I would be so stressed out by the task. I jokingly said to my mother, "If he wants an English teacher he should ask Stephanie." At that time Stephanie had been teaching English to the people of Malawi for 4 months.
As I lay in bed I would day dream about Stephanie and I teaching at HAU together and rooming together. I would put it out of my mind though because I didn't want to get my hopes up. I knew it couldn't happen, why I'm not sure.
Last week Stephanie and I chatted on facebook and she told me she was thinking about teaching at HAU. She then asked me if it would be alright to share an apartment when we were at HAU.
I was elated, the thought of being roommates just thrilled me. Not only would I not have to be alone while in Burundi but I might have a travel buddy for the flight over.
God was scheming all along. None of this planning is for sure, but I can see that the Lord is taking care of me. He has a plan for my life and He is working out the details. I just need to remember His faithfulness and trust Him.