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God really does have a plan for my life. A lot of the time I forget that, I think we all do. The last month just proved that to me and the next four months will do the same. I graduated with my French degree with little to no idea of what to do next. Everyone else graduating was either going to grad school or already had a job in their major field. Then there was me, the girl with no idea what to do with her life. Little over a month later, I had a job, my dream job. Two months after graduation I was a few weeks into my first job. Now, less than three months later, I have received my first paycheck and I'm about to start a new contract with the company.

All this because of my major in French, my study abroad experience AND all the camp experience I've had in the past... 17 years? I'm perfectly suited to this job and I love it! There's also plenty of opportunity to discreetly witness to my fellow ship-mates, which is wonderful for me because I get frustrated after a lot of time spent only with fellow Christians. Fellow Christians don't see me as anything different and I don't have any chance to show God's love to someone who's never experienced it. It's hard on me there, but it's worth the pain and I feel that God has more of a chance to make a difference with me there.

I'm home now and thinking about my next contract which starts in two weeks. It's on a different ship and stops at very different places; I get to visit different parts of Canada, New England, bits of Europe I missed when I studied abroad, and the Caribbean. I'm thoroughly excited about all the people I will get to meet, things I will get to do and places I will go!
It's a bit scary in a way as well. If, after only a month, I wake up twice every night not knowing where I am and why I don't have keys to the room and why the kids I was watching are gone and why the ship isn't rocking, then what is it going to do to me when I come back after four months on a ship that's been all over the Atlantic?

We'll see I guess. But, in the meantime, let's hope I remember that I'm not on the ship and get a good nights sleep! I have lots of preparation to undertake in these remaining two weeks!