Almost Time!!!

So people going over with Teach Away are starting to get departure dates!!! They vary from Aug 11th-19th so far!! I'm not with Teach Away but I know my day is coming!! Possibly 2 weeks until I go and I'm not finished packing my house yet!! I had my yard sales a few weeks ago and some things are packed. I still have to go rent a storage unit. I still have things to buy. So much to do and so little time! I need to be done by Saturday! Next week is camp meeting at church and I want to just relax!! As it is right now, I have a rock in the bottom of my stomach 90% of the time!! Ah, well!! Off to sleep! Will check my email in the morning! Maybe I'll have a departure date! Goodnight!!

Going ALONE???

I have been fighting that "God orchestrated" flight I told you about in February. I have been trying to work it out so my family can come with me AT THE SAME TIME. Yes. I am a BABY. And yes, God already knew... That is why we flew out of Dulles, I am sure of it... But that doesn't keep me from trying to make things go my way! I'm such a human! lol...
Seems this year, with them building new housing in Ruwais for the Ghayathi teachers that we will have a furniture allowance instead of furnished housing. The allowance may not be ready when we arrive so I will have to stay at a 5 star resort hotel (oh darn!) until I can purchase furniture and have it delivered to my new house. If I end up having to room with another female teacher, then my family would have no where to stay. I would have to get them a room for all the days until our place is ready! OUCH! I do not have AD money... I am American and on a US TEACHER'S salary! Or what's left of it!
So as much as I want to travel WITH my family, seems I will be traveling ALONE. =(
I expect my work visa to come through email sometime next week and I believe I am flying out on or about August 14th.
Let us pray and agree that I will NOT have a hotel roommate. I will NOT be alone without my family longer than 2 weeks. My son will arrive well before the start of his school year (Sept 8th- my mom's birthday).
On the plus side- does that mean **I** get to pick out all of the furniture for my new house and they have to live with it?!! Hahahahahahahaha!!!! ;-)

Being a vessel

I rarely go onto the online FB forum anymore. However, one day I was on and there was a girl asking what people do if they do NOT get hired by ADEC. I told her to apply with the private schools and I gave her the email address for the lady who hired me. She and I began messaging each other. I let the lady at my school know about her and the girl sent her CV. Long story short, she was hired! She will not be at my campus but at the MZ campus. God does things very quickly! I am happy to have been a vessel through which this young lady received her blessing! =)

Look at God (Part 2)!!!

So I admit that I have been procrastinating when it comes to withdrawing my son from school. I even told my husband I need to get it done because no telling where his records will be when I fill out the paperwork. He is moving from middle school to high school.
Well, Monday his middle school called me. They needed proof of residency before they could send his records over to the high school. He's been at that school for all 3 years of middle school. No one caught that when he moved there from the elementary school??? Well praise God!
I told them I would come up the next day and that I was glad they called. I told them it would be great if they could just not send his records at all because I will be withdrawing him from school! So on Tuesday I went up there. I withdrew him from school and asked for copies of report cards for the last 3 years. The lady told me that the school would have to request it be faxed to them. I told her we are leaving the country. She said she would be nice to me and she gave me a copy of all 3 years! Favor! Bless God! ;-)

Look at God!

I just received an email in the middle of the night (time difference) from my future employer. I didn't actually see it until I woke up this morning. It was a request to get a criminal background check done. No stress here though because this is something I already had to do for ADEC! Praise God I already had this done months ago! So I just went straight to my laptop, composed a reply email and uploaded the attachment! Apparently, this was not requested of the private school teachers in the past but is a new rule the employer just learned of! But God already went before me and made my crooked paths straight so no worries for me! Now I can just continue with the business of packing and selling my things! God is sooooooo good!!!