Waitin' to hear from Erin

So we are still waiting to hear back from Erin about the alternative Spanish learning options, that we are hoping will be accepted by the program director about the Latin American position. I was expecting to hear back from her today, since the program director was going to be back in the office, but I'm secretly glad I didn't since it was my birthday and we are most likely going to get bad news. Realistically, they are going to want a couple who has much better Spanish skills, and they probably wont go for our Rosetta Stone idea. So when we hear from Erin it will probably be to inform us that our proposal was denied, we wont be going to wherever in Latin America that job was, and that our applications will be held for 3 months until the next review period. In some ways that would be a good thing, because Ken and I are less excited about Latin America than other places, but we really don't want our applications to be held hostage for three months, because that means three more months of waiting before we get to leave. We are already looking at next September, and I would really rather not leave too much later than that. When we first applied we assumed that we would be leaving sometime this fall/winter, not late next summer. But we have faith that whatever is supposed to happen, will happen. Maybe our location isn't ready yet and we need to wait for it. If that's the case, we will. I have so much faith that God is guiding our application process and placement, I'm not worried about it. I want to know where we are going and am impatient about that, but I've never been worried that we are going to be sent to the "wrong" place or a "bad" place. We are going to be sent exactly where we should be sent. We will learn what we are supposed to learn, and do what we are supposed to do. I've been praying a lot about our placement lately and have such a strong feeling of peace and assurance that God is with us, and will be with us wherever we go. I had "He Knows My Name" stuck in my head the other day, and it's one of my favorite church songs, and I was humming the line that goes He'll never leave me, No matter where I go, and it really made me pause. I've never been far away from home, the farthest I've ever moved was to Corvallis. I've never had to think about if God was going to be with me where I was, because I've never been far from home, where I know he's present. But wherever we go will be far, and separate from everything I've known and loved, except for God, because he will be there, just as he is with me now.
So basically, I'm glad I didn't get bad news on my birthday, and I'm glad that God has our backs with this crazy adventure we have decided to pursue.