Struggles

I thought coming home for the summer would be just like every other day, not easy, but not so difficult that I wouldn't know what to expect the next day ......boy was I wrong. It's not my family....I love my family very much.
When I got home for the summer I looked desperately for a job (I even looked before I returned home, just to make sure I had one when I got home), unfortunately with our economy the way it is right now it will cost companies more money to train summer help than they would like, so they decide not to hire summer help, only part time and full time. So needless to say it's been a very rough road for me.
After I exhausted every possibility, I decided to go a different route, something I did about 4 years ago......babysitting. I asked my mom to talk to a friend of hers at church to see if she knew of anyone who needed a nanny for the summer, and not seconds after my mom got that sentence out did someone walk up to my mom and say "I do!" so that's my job for the summer, watching two boys from 8-5 monday through friday. Funny how things work out :) Lets talk about the past year.......
The past two semesters were very rough on me, it was my first year working and going to school, which made time management very difficult for me (but I must say I did very well considering), and I was trying to balance a relationship, I felt like I didn't have very many friends at school, and I felt very disconnected from God because I couldn't find the right church to go to while I was away from home. So I prayed...........everything worked out (one way or another) in the end.
Unfortunately, I had to continue working (haha). I had bills to pay just like every other college student, including a new car payment (yuck). But fortunately, I found time at work to study when I was on a break or when it was really, really slow. My relationship with Derek got better (not perfect, no relationship is perfect), we still have our moments, but I just remember that communication is key and so is honesy and love, and without those a relationship will never work.
I was in Algebra class one day (my least favorite) and the girl behind me (we talked regularly) asked me what I thought about sororities. It caught me off gaurd at first and I told her what I had heard about what most girls in sororities do (drink, party, etc, the typical stereotype) and she told me that that wasn't the case at all. I asked her a few more questions, and she told me what sorority she belonged to and invited me to a Bid party. I thought about it and decided to go; I thought it might be fun. I went and to my surprise saw a very diverse group of young women and all of them have become some of my closest friends. That was when I decided I should make Delta Zeta the sorority for me. And their principles are based from the bible (but that's all I am allowed to say......)
Now, if you haven't figured out by now that God works in mysterious ways, then I don't know how else to tell you. However I will say this much, if you're not listening then you can't hear him.