a bump in the road...

Last week, Peace Corps informed me that I wouldn't be able to be medically cleared until almost April 2008. This puts a significantly large kink in my plans. I was supposed to leave in June 08, but now, it may be as late as September...possibly even later.

This shouldn't be a big deal, but it changes things. Because of a later departure, the region I will go to might change from Latin American to somewhere else.

This is no bueno.

Initially, I wanted to join Peace Corps to kill two birds with one stone: serve and speak fluent Spanish.

I changed my mind about 6 months ago and decided that my priority was to serve, so I'd join Peace Corps and go wherever they sent me. I was confident in God's plan that He'd send me where I was supposed to go.

Now, I'm getting some mixed signals from the Big Man. My goals really are to serve and speak Spanish, and that's what I need to pursue. I asked God to place a huge obstacle in front of me if Peace Corps isn't what I should be doing.

So far, this is the 2nd "minor" obstacle. Not huge, but still there.

There are people I care about in this country, and there are significant and important relationships that would unavoidably be impacted if I left for two years. And now, I may not even get to go to a Spanish-speaking country.

I'm still convinced that God has a plan, but now, it's a waiting game. This whole process is a waiting game. I've decided (here's hoping a PC rep doesn't read this) that I won't accept a position anywhere other than a Spanish-speaking program. From there, who knows what I'll do, but I know that if I spend two years of my life doing anything, I'd want it to be in line with what I could do after those two years--and that means Spanish fluency.

I have a few things I love right now, and those are the things I want to pursue and protect.