Adventure

God has changed me and blessed me in more ways than I can even process at the moment. My trip started out very eventful. As I was driving to the airport I drove into a thunderstorm with heavy rain. My already jagged nerves frayed a little more. I actually asked God why He was letting worst fears come true...traveling especially in bad weather is like one of my worst fears. I get to the airport to find out that my flight to New Jersey has been cancelled due to bad weather. So I flew to Cleveland where I was told that my flight had been cancelled due to bad weather and that they would put me on a flight to Detroit. I waited for about 15 minutes to hear the final verdict...my flight to New York was no longer cancelled. So off to New York we went. When I stepped off of the plane I felt like I was already in another country. No one around me was speaking English and people were not very friendly. I kept trying to find my way to my gate with heavy bags...at least my adrenaline was keeping me going. I met my first friend on this leg of the flight. Her name is Carmen and she was returning home to Croatia. We watched each others bags and made friendly conversation. Being a very relational person the people that I met on this trip will forever be etched on my heart. Our flight from New York to Frankfurt was delayed. When we got on the plane our captain announced that he did not want to be late so we would be getting to Frankfurt in 6 hours and 20 minutes. Let me just say  that my stomach did not enjoy that flight :) that is where I met Oliver. He sat down down next me with a thick smell of alcohol rolling from his tongue and a very cheerful countenance. We chatted for a bit and the question arose, why was I going to Romania? I sat there for a moment thanking God for this total open door to share with Oliver. I answered, "God". Oliver immedeay was interested. He was very eager to hear about why God would be taking me to Romania. I shared my testimony of how God had saved me and Jon, I shared with him Gods grace and forgiveness and Oliver was so intrigued. He told me that I was the first Christian that made sense to him. Oliver went on to tell me about his beliefs in God...I listened quietly rembering  the silly things that I believed before surrendering everything to Jesus. Oliver is a seeker of God...I believe that God was so faithful to his seeking heart to sit us by one another. I hope and pray to see Oliver again someday. Just think of all the things God was doing in the background to orchestrate this meeting. Once I finally arrived in Budapest my flight was late and I had no way of contacting Dave and Lili to find out what bus I was suppose to be on. On top of everything my bags were lost. I had been awake for 24 hours at this point and had not yet eaten for the day and it was past 3:00pm. I was very weak and frightened. I felt very alone. I went to go and file a lost bag report and the employee had compassion for me and allowed me to call Dave and Lili and I found out my bus information. I sat for the next 2 and 1/2 hours in the Budapest airport praying and extremely jet lagged. I now know the meaning of that word! When I saw my driver I jumped up with joy and renewed excitement. Praise God for the endurance and strength he supernaturally gave me. I could literally feel people's prayers. We began our drive to Cluj Romania....eastern European roads and European drivers....not sure what to say. It was a two lane road that was very busy...people have to pass one another quite often...I saw the front of WAY to many semi trucks heading directly at me! About 11:00pm we entered the mountains. Our driver was extremely tired. We stopped of off for coffee. I just prayed that we would get there in one piece. I met a Romanian guy in the van named Levi. It helped to pass the time to talk with him and he called Dave and Lili for me as well. Finally at 1:30 am I made it to Cluj...the driver took me to the wrong spot lol...but we called Dave and Lili and they were there within moments...The Lord did so much work I'm my heart. He taught me to trust, He showed me that when everything seems crazy on the earth he is working EVERYTHING out for my good to change me more into the image of Jesus, He humbled and quieted my soul, he showed me my great dependency upon Him, he showed me His faithfulness and great care for his children....and so much more. I will not be coming home the same and that is for sure. The Lord did not bring me to Romania for a wedding, He also took me deeper in my understanding of who he is. I am so thankful....please be praying for my trip home...