Wonderful...and the not so wonderful

Two very wonderful things happened to me yesterday.
1: Angela and I finally purchased our tickets to Turkey. Two, round-trip tickets to Istanbul's Ataturk airport with stops in Detroit and Amsterdam. We got them for very cheap (around $700.00) and on the way home we might have enough time to venture outside the Amsterdam airport and see a bit of the city! We also heard from Joanna who may be able to take the entire two weeks we will be there off so she can show as around and travel the country with us. Needless to say, I'm incredibly excited!

2: Well, I have known for some time that the responsible thing to do with my month off in December would be to try to make some money. However, the thought of going back to my old job was really causing me to be quite irresponsible. So I've been praying that there would be some way that I could make money while I am home without going back to the Blue Gate. Yesterday I was sitting around when I got a phone call from a number I didn't recognize. It was the manager of a coffee shop that I had applied to early last summer but that I had never heard from. She said that they were looking for some good part-time help and was wanting to know if I would be interested. I informed her that I currently live in Ohio but that I would be home in December and available to work if they need someone really short term. I was, of course, expecting her to say that they couldn't use me for that short a time period, but instead she answered with, "I think you're an answer to prayer!" So I have a meeting with her this weekend and I am pretty much excited. God is good.

In other news: all the teams have left us, except for Indonesia, and today we leave them. On Tuesday all the teams flew out and we were left here to cope with the winter months alone. It was terribly sad to see them all go, but I'm also excited for them and the adventures they shall have. I am also excited for the winter months here, it's looking like we should be fairly busy. The Indonesia team had visa troubles so they are starting their outreach here in Columbus before leaving in a week. Since it's technically outreach and their outreach is here right now, I'm getting kicked out of the house and will be wandering the streets aimlessly until tomorrow morning when I return home. How exciting.