Do you ever sit and people watch and wonder what the people are thinking or what their story is, maybe what job they have or how many kids they have? Maybe wonder where they find their source of significance or what their purpose in life is. I may or may not be doing that right now while sitting at Starbucks looking out the window. All of us have a different story/life we are living and God has given each one of us a purpose and has a plan for our lives. For the past few months, I thought that the plan God had for my life was to be a missionary in Zambia at Children’s Nest Orphanage. However, I have been learning that plans can change. Brother Andrew in his book And God Changed His Mind writes, “But we must also remember that God’s plans for us are not chiseled in concrete. Only His character and nature are unchanging; His decisions are not!”

Over the past couple years, my mission field has focused on my adventures as a traveling OT. At this time, God is rewriting my plan. What I thought would be my mission field in Zambia, is now turning in to continuing to be an occupational therapist working with a children’s hospital in Fort Worth, TX. I will be starting this job with a week of orientation next week and as much as I am not excited about sitting in long days of orientation, I am quite excited about the job.

I do believe that God has a plan and a purpose in this change and that the timing will be right at some point in the future. But for now, my story is continuing to be written as an occupational therapist helping children in need here in the United States.