3 months later

Firstly, below is my new car. A 2006 Nissan Altima. 2.5 litre, 175bhp. It's a lot of fun!

Now that things are settling a bit (for the moment) I've had some time to look back on this whole experience so far. There have been things which were expected, a number of things not. I certainly underestimated how much I would miss my family and friends, that certainly has been the hardest part, and still is every time I skype my family.

There were some lessons in patience. It took 2 months to get a job, which looking back on it is not much and is fairly normal when people emigrate, but it was a lesson in patience and waiting on God. And he provided and exactly what was needed and in his timing. I had 2 months off which in hindsight was a great time of getting used to my new surroundings and allowed Katelynn and I to adjust to being in the same country together and build our relationship further. It took longer than expected to get a car figured out as being an immigrant makes things more complex, but once again God provided in the form of lifts to work and then the generosity of a couple from church lending me their Jetta as they went to South Africa on a missions trip for 2 weeks.

If as I mention the term "God's provision" you are wondering this is just luck or a set of advantageous coincidences, then know that there are many more incidents of advantageous coincidence and "luck" over the past couple of years that convince me that this isn't random. And if it's not random, then I certainly am not special and super spiritual in some way. No, I honestly believe that if God can do this, then he can do far more than in and through you.