It all began with a dream...

It was a vision really...
Kita and I were best friends in 8th grade. We were still BFFs in 9th grade, but we had to go to separate high schools and we slowly drifted apart. We ran into each other a few years ago and we exchanged numbers but nothing really came of that. Then in October, God laid me on her heart. She didn't call me. I was on her mind all week. She still didn't call me. Then she had a dream, a vision. She called me on October 6th to tell me about her vision. Long story short- in the vision, we were somewhere foreign because there were markets outside. It was also somewhere very, very, very HOT. We lived near the water and there was this purse in the vision. The color of the purse was Miami blue (like the water). My favorite color! There were some things that happened in the vision, like things I did and said that were me through and through but Kita wouldn't know that since we haven't been in touch in so long. Kita said she has had only a few other visions in her life and every time she had one, something changed in that persons life. She was sure a change was on its way! Well, my pastor always says "Put it on a shelf." If it is from God, it will come to pass.
I tried to make the vision fit my plan. I had entered to win the HGTV condo in Miami. That didn't happen. And then I just forgot about it.
In December, Abu Dhabi just dropped in my spirit. (I always wondered what that meant when pastor would say something like that.). It would not get off my mind until I put in an application with Teach Away. Then I found peace.
I was contacted by Teach Away about a week later. I had a phone interview on January 9th. I was told I would hear back in a week or so if I was selected for an in-person interview. I got an email **14** minutes later saying I was selected. That email also told me all my next steps (authenticating license and degree, getting passport, employment verification, FBI check, reference letter, etc.) I started on that immediately. I had my stuff ready by the end of the month. My IPI was set up for Feb 27th, a Wednesday, in NYC. That meant I would have to miss Tuesday and Wednesday from work. I emailed my rep to see if there was any way possible that I could get a Sunday interview on the 24th instead. I did. So we flew up to NYC on the 23rd and shopped and I interviewed on the 24th. It went very well. I was told they would be interviewing in Chicago and Phoenix so no response would be given until those interviews are done- after March 19th. So I went back home to wait. In the meantime, I have a friend who is incarcerated right now and he was worried about me moving to Abu Dhabi. Someone gave him a magazine to read (not a travel magazine, just a regular magazine). As he read it, he came across an article about Abu Dhabi, complete with pictures! God had given him peace about my situation!