God our Pilot

In my last post, I shared about my trip to Thailand and how that came about. Well, here's 'the rest of the story.'

I mentioned in the last post that I'd never been to another country. Well, actually I had been to Canada a couple of times, but didn't fly into Canada either time. (and it's on the same continent). I KNEW that God had orchestrated this trip and my flights were reserved 3-4 months before the trip. So, I didn't have to face my fear until about a month or so before I was to leave. Fear? Fear of what? FLYING OVER THE OCEAN! I kept putting on a false bravado (mostly to myself, as I didn't really share this with anybody). To add to this, another friend of ours had flown over to see them in March of that year (I flew in late September) and said the flights and airports in Asian languages were very difficult to maneuver. And she's traveled all over the world! Oh, my! Was God big enough for THIS??? He'd already proven Himself able to set up the trip, but was He going to be TANGIBLE to me in foreign airports where I didn't know the language? Ooohhh...scary! Then another friend said, "Well, you're doing the hard one first. If you can do Asia, any other countries will be a piece of cake!" THAT was a real confidence-builder!

So, oh, was I PRAYING about the flights over there! And guess what God did? Karen, the female friend I was going to see (I was going to visit a married couple) told me she needed to come back to the States for a business trip in September! She said she'd try to work it out so she could fly back to Thailand with me! Boy, I was REALLY praying now! I was asking for even just one leg of the trip for her to be with me, as that close to trip time, I didn't DARE think she'd be able to fly the whole way back with me! Well, our God is GREAT!!! She and I flew all the way from Tulsa to Chiang Mai, Thailand TOGETHER and she booked her flights about three weeks before I was scheduled to leave for Thailand! And, in the almost four years she's been in Thailand, I can only think of ONE other time she's come back for business. I did fly back by myself, but I'd already been through the airports and came back the same way I went. So, it was a piece of cake! (And they DO, after all, have most signage in English). Thanks to Him! I came back through DFW and my friend that went in March came back through LA. (shudder) She said that was the worst part of her return flights!

So, may I remind you of Psalm 81:10? (You know I will anyway!) It says, "I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it." Yes, He did and He will!