My Miracles, Blessings, and otherwise God-thing Note (Part I)

So I've given up on blogging. For now. Maybe forever, who knows. But I am starting a journey and I decided that keeping a written record of God's provisions might come in handy. There have been several leading up to this point - things too numerous to recall right off hand. But today, that changes (I hope). Through all of this, I will learn to trust God in a way that I don't know I ever have before and I'm super excited about this journey.

For those of you who don' t know/haven't heard, I'm back in school on a full-time basis. The company that I work for is being ah-may-zing and they are working with me to complete this dream; a God-thing, no doubt. This fall, I start Middle Tennessee State University where I will pursue my B.S. and eventually be a middle school math (yeah, I said math. TOTAL GOD-THING) teacher.

Since April, I've been getting these annoying emails from the Financial Aid Department saying that I've not completed information they need to approve my grants and loans (yes I have, I even have copies) and I've called countless times about it. Evey time I call, I'm told not to worry that it will show up soon, all the while, I continue to get at least 2 emails per month. Now, ya'll know me and you know that I'm nothing if not tenacious when it comes to records and approvals and paperwork. I'll keep on it until it's done. So, every time I got an email, I called and every time I called, I got the same answer.

Guess what came in my email today...

So I decided to email in stead of calling and I typed one of my strongly worded (but still very charming) emails.

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I used to work as a volunteer at my church in Decatur. When the copier or the duplicator messed up (often) and I couldn't figure it out (sometimes), I'd go get Pastor Ken. Before he even moved, he'd ask, "Did you pray over it?"
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I didn't pray over it this time - I was too busy calling the business office about something else. The lovely young lady (my mother's age) was helping me (and by that I mean she was telling me what I wanted to hear) and she was doing such a darn good job that I decided to ask her about the financial aid stuff. She was waiting on me to log into my account so that I could get some bit of info she needed and when I did (not 5 minutes since my email was sent), IT WAS FIXED!

And as a side-note, I'd like to thank all you hard working, tax-paying peoples out there for helping make my dream come true. Please know that my pledge to you is this: I pledge to not screw this up. Thanks for your support!