Blog 1 of..... who knows how many

Hi guys!

Well, here I am. I leave in 40 days. I can't believe it!! It seems like I accepted this job only a couple of weeks ago, and now I leave next month. Crazy how time go by! Most of you know why I am going over there, but for those of you who don't.. here's the low-down :o)
I heard about this job on a website called greataupair.com it is a website that lets you have direct contact with the family, so you don't go through an agency. Anyway, I put in tons and tons of applications for jobs all over the United States and wasn't having very good luck in finding a job. But I knew that I wanted to do something with kids. So I decided to check out greataupair ( I heard about it from a couple friends). I put my resume up and about 2 months later this job came up. The timing was amazing. I had just turned down a nanny job in Chicago because I didn't have peace, and I had just been turned down for a job that I really wanted. Bummer. But the same day I found out I didn't get the job I wanted, this one came open. I thought.. "Holland? REALLY?" But I replied and said I would like to hear more about this job. The family called me and we talked for awhile and it sounded to good to be true. That night I called mom and dad, hoping they would tell me I'm crazy, and they said it sounded amazing! So, I prayed about it and really tried to find something wrong with this job and couldn't find anything. They are paying for my ticket there and back, they pay 1/2 the cost of any course I want to take while I'm there (i'm taking Dutch) and they take me on family vacations if I want to go (last year they took Camille, their nanny, to France for a 10 day ski trip!!) 2 weeks later I accepted the job. And now, here I am getting ready to go on a crazy, exciting adventure.
I can't believe that I"m going to Holland for a year... really, who does that?! Me apprently! lol. I'm really excited to see what God's purpose for me going to Europe for a year is. Maybe it is to witness to these people (they are Christian by title, they do the holiday church thing), maybe I'm going to meet the Queen and she will want me to be her personal assistant. HA! Who knows. Can't wait though.
Please pray for me as I prepare to go on this once in a lifetime adventure. I'm getting nervous, but I'm more excited than nervous. Pray that my eyes, ears and heart would be open to whatever the Lord has for me to do. Oh ya. And I have Skype! So add me!! angie.l.mitchell