To get here...

Many of you know that I hit some snags before I could get my C of E (Certificate of Eligibility, which is necessary for your visa and becomes part of your Residence card). Well here I was freaking out, unsure, worried because I'd been told in several blessings that I needed to go to Japan. So I kept pushing forward and running around to a myriad of places trying to show the Japanese government that I was super awesome! In any case, the night I got my placement call I was in my room working on something. I knew it was Japan calling since when they would call it would be an endless scroll of numbers across my phone's screen! So I picked up, hoping it was a placement call (and it was). As Philip proceeded to tell me about my placement I felt this weird rushing. You know how in films there will be a sound of rushing water and they zoom into a character for a close up? It was kinda like that. It was all silence and peace but a feeling of rushing water. When he said, "And we want you to work at a Deaf school one day a week," it was like time froze. The rushing paused, the universe paused to say, "You know who did this for you, right?" I had an immediate feeling of "This is the place[ment]." ;) That is, I knew that placement had my name all over it! They give you 24 hours to think it over and you have to accept by email, but I told him right there on the phone, "I would be humbled and overjoyed to accept!" Phil seemed a little flustered, "Answer by email!" In any case, that was how my many miracles all started...