I am now 22, and I have been waiting for someone for about 2 years already. He went back to his country, and as a citizen, he went to serve in the military for his country. Because of this military, it caused a delay with his college education, future, and most of all, our relationship. I broke it off almost a year ago, because of the hardships we had to endure such as time differences, and a blank future. Every now and then he would call me and ask how I'm doing. After half a year of a breaking up, he still tells me he hasn't forgotten me yet, and will never forget me. I really love him too, and since he left I haven't really given myself a chance to date anyone else. I just feel really sad because we don't have a chance to see each other. We are both not rich enough to fly to see each other. Because of his postpone in school, he will have 2 more years left until he completes it. His future is so unknown, and it just seems so unstable. My family and friends are encouraging me to give myself a chance and go meet other people. I'm 22, and a girl cannot wait forever. :( I pray for him every single day. I just feel so scared and sad. I really don't want to leave him just yet, but there seems to be no other choice. I just pray that I have the courage to do what's best and that God would grant me the peace and courage to find out what I I really need to do. I pray for him as well to always be in God's care.

Today is my mom's birthday. For the past 22 years, she has sacrificed so much for my sister and I. With no friends and family, with no house, job, nor being able to speak English, she migrated from her country just to come to America for our future. She left behind everything, and until now she does everything to make sure we're spiritually and financially stable. She leaves behind her wants, desires, and everything just to make us happy. She doesn't have a stable job, but she manages to work and babysit in order to help out my dad with our college tuitions, and house bills. She and my dad works constantly and never had a vacation. The only thing I pray is that I will be able to give back to her and my dad one day. I hope it won't be too late. I want my mom to see me and my sister get married, have kids and by then.. Hopefully my dad and her could rest peacefully by then. I love her, and I thank God for giving me a wonderful loving, selfless mom. I pray for her today~

Although I was distraught with a year off before heading back into graduate school, this summer has still been a blessing for me. God finally gave me hints as to where I should go and what I should do. I went through 4 years of majoring in something I "THOUGHT" was what I needed to do.. However, without prior planning the things I volunteered for outside of my major ended up being a passion, and a career that I want to pursue in in the future. I went in the right path for that career without even realizing or planning for it. I just pray that God continue to guide me in the right direction. I'm glad that I have confided in God's plans all along. It made me realize that sometimes God's plan for us may be very indirect and we just have to follow and trust his unknown road. So blessed, and I just pray for me to continue to find opportunities for this new dream of mine. :)

I graduated just last week from college, and I'm trying my best to search for a job. I'm feeling very down now because compared to all of my friends, I've been rejected by so many internships, and I'm not even going to graduate school. I decided to take a year off, and my mom is just giving me such a hard time about it. I know she really worries about my future, and she just wants the best for me, but it just hurts when she compares me to my friends. It's not like I don't try in school, I try really hard. Because my family is not well off, I try to work part time and go to school at the same time. My gpa wasn't as great, but it's still above a 3.0 and I'm really trying my best to search for an internship. I have tried to be positive and cast all of my worries to God, and been trying to rest and find time to do things... But today my mom out of comparison with my other friends said that it was a waste of money for me to go to the University so far from home. I felt really hurt, really bitter, and really depressed again about the situation. I had a really hard childhood, I'm the person who always tries so hard just to be average, and the only thing I hold onto for hope is God. I just feel very useless at the moment and I just feel hopeless after my mom said that. I just pray for me to not take it so personally, forgive, and just pray that I could find a way out of this "helpless" feeling.

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This is my 5th time to be rejected from jobs and graduate school programs. I've decided to take a different route, because my previous route didn't seem to fit me. I prepared well for the interview, I prayed so hard for it, but I still got rejected. However, the consultant who helped me through the process told me he still believed in my potentials and application. I want to give up, but since he hasn't given up on me yet, I want to keep trying. However, I'm still discerning on what God wants me to do. I cannot tell whether it's what HE wants me to do, or whether it's ME who choose to go? I feel like I have no options to choose, and I am just going day by day knocking on closed opportunities. I really need experience before I head back into graduate school, and it's a really hard process so far. I just pray for perseverance, and the courage to keep trying and not give up just yet. Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) ~ Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.

I just had my interview today, and I'm not sure what to expect. I have failed numerous of times in interviews;however, this time I have really tried my best to prepare for it. I pray that the results will be good, and I'll be selected to teach abroad for a year off before I head back to graduate school. I believe that if this interview is successful and I'm chosen, then it will be the first step to a new plan. I've been in a dark and dim tunnel for the longest time, and I only hope that this opportunity would be the light to the path which God has chosen for me.

Thank you for everyone's prayers. Recently, several companies have contacted me, and I have managed to go through the first round. This Sunday will be my next round to teach English in Korea. I am a little nervous about the interview. In the next week, my other interview will be with the Japanese company.
Overall, I do not know exactly where God wants me to go. I tend to always fail at interviews, but I hope this time any company will accept me. I want to be able to gain experience and do something wonderful, meaningful with my year off before graduate school. I pray that God will guide me, provide me with the strength, courage, and the ability to go where he wills. I just want to do something purposeful for him.

I am graduating soon from my university. It's an excitement but at the same time, I feel very worried. I am uncertain on what I need to do and where I need to go in the future. So I decided to take a year off before heading back into graduate school. I have searched for jobs and internships to gain experience, and after many rejections, I got an interview. However, it requires a lot of money to travel. My family is tight on budget, and I am also as well. I am terribly afraid and not sure if I should take this risk to go or not. I am not sure what I should do, I feel very stressed and frustrated. I pray for guidance and what it is that God wants me to do. Everything is so unclear now. :(

Please pray for people in Boston, for the lives that are lost, and the ones that are injured- physically and traumatically.

I have loved someone for nearly 2 years already. Our relationship mainly involved long distances overseas, and it was hard for us. We tried our best while being apart, and he then left for military.
As he entered military, I prayed for him daily, and he even tried to learn about God and was baptized. Through months after that, we barely contacted due to his military services, and our relationship started to fade. I broke it off because it was too stressful for me, and I saw no future with us. However, we we still kept in contact.

Yet, after a year I could see the changes in him from military and the situation. I really want this relationship to work again, and I prayed about it, and try to find ways where I could go to his country to reunite with him. Recently, I am in the process of possibly getting a job where his military station is. I might not get it, but I still decided to tell him. His reactions were dull and apathetic about it. I felt so disappointed. I tried really hard, and it seems like the relationship is starting to die even if I persist on warming it again. :( A part of me wants to move on, but a part of me wants to hold onto him. I am finding it hard to try new things, because I feel like he's the reason for my motivation. I just ask that God gives me the knowledge to understand to know what it is that I need to do- for God not for him. If we end up seeing each other again, or if we end up separating, I just pray that he will find God again, and that God will always watch over him.