Trust is a Hard thing, Easy to come by.

So let's start this post by praising the Lord God above. He is perfect, awesome, holy, magnificent and utterly breathtaking. AND He provides. Always. Example....

I HAVE A JOB!

Seriously, this position could not have been mine if God had not arranged everything.

Tuesday: I see on facebook my friend Bethany has announced her employer is hiring in the Palm Springs area. "Is anyone looking for a job?" she asks. "Me me me!" I reply. She gives me her boss' contact info. I research the organization. Love it. Send an email with resume to her boss around 7pm.

Wednesday: Around 2pm I receive a call from the organization's HR, wanting to interview me over the phone. After the 20 minute phone interview, they call me back in 5 minutes and want to schedule an in-person interview for the following day at 3pm. I agree. Enthusiastically, I might add.

Thursday: 3pm. I have my interview. It goes fantastically. I love my soon-to-be boss, I love the organizaiton, I love my position. And apparently they loved me because they called me right when I got home around 4:15, offering me the job!

Soooooooo.....HOW AMAZING IS THE LORD?! I find out about this position Tuesday and by Thursday I have the job. This truly is a testament to God working everything out according to His flawless timing. If He wants something to happen right away, He will make it happen!

The organization I'm working with is called Housing with HEART and they are a sector of a larger nonprofit organization called Jamboree Housing. Jamboree's main goal is to provide safe, adequate, affordable housing to those who otherwise wouldn't have it. Housing with HEART was created to attend to the social, physical and emotional needs of the residents of Jamboree housing; connecting them to or providing them with whatever services they might need. My position, Resident Services Coordinator, is to research and inform residents on services available to them, and then to provide after-school services for all the children in the apartment complex I will work at. Though Jamboree builds many homes, they often find existing apartment complexes that are struggling and help bring them up to code. This is the case for where I will be working. It is an apartment complex in Palm Springs (about 30 minutes from Indio) and is in the middle of being refreshed by Jamboree and Housing with HEART

I can not TELL you how excited I am about this position. Community development is something I have a great passion for and feel unbelievably privileged to be a part o this community's revival. I would've never dreamed that the job God would provide me with out here would be something that He has completely trained and prepared me for all through college. That sounds ridiculous to say out loud (or typed out rather) but it didn't occur to me. I thought I would find a job solely for the purpose of paying off debt, but clearly God had/has something greater in mind. Hello Lindsay.

I start April 11th and I work weekdays from 2-6pm. These hours are absolutely perfect because I can help with any church tasks in the morning, I can still go to my Bible study on Tuesday mornings, my prayer group on Thursday nights and I can still help with the park ministry on Wednesday nights! I'm really just constantly floored by His faithfulness.

I want to encourage all of you who are struggling to trust in God to take great hope. Though it is so difficult (SO difficult) to trust Him when logic, outside voices and society are telling you to doubt, don't. He knows what He is doing, especially when no one else does. He is faithful and will provide for your every need. "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth; it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:10-11 God says we need not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow has enough worry for itself. Trust Him and His word. He is perfect and worthy of praise, worthy of TRUST. Put all you have in Him for only He is holy. He will take great care of you. He's certainly taking great care of me!

The Time is Now!

I am so so sorry for the long gap in blog posts. Busyness has sunk in yet again and blogging has taken a backseat. We got back from a week-long conference in Highland, CA at our main sponsor church, Immanuel Baptist Church. It was such an encouraging week, fellowshipping with other missionaries from all over the world. It was a time when God definitely confirmed and reaffirmed His calling in my life to eventually go into international ministry. Though that time may not be now, I'm so excited for whenever it comes :-D. There is one God! Over all the earth! Praise His name.

God has been speaking to me a lot the last few days, which I am so grateful for. In my last year of school, God gave me the picture of the church in Revelation as the bride of Christ, beautifying herself for when He comes back (Revelation 19:7-8). I'm so excited to be participating in that here in Indio! I think I've written about it before, but there is so much disunity here in the desert; particularly in the body of Christ. Please pray that God would use Cross Community Church to bring some sort of unity and clarity to this area. Particularly, please pray Mark and Kristi and I would embody that unity as a staff. Pray for sameness of mind and spirit as we continue to work in His vineyard.

We also had our first outreach event last Friday! And...IT WENT GREAT! We held a free family night at a place called Pump it Up: basically a warehouse full of inflatable bounce houses, slides, and obstacle courses (in other words, a kid's fantasyland). 80 people showed up (53 kids)! We were a little anxious that over 100 kids were going to show up, but luckily God knew how much we could handle and gave us about 50: the perfect number! Not too much chaos, we made connections with families, and the whole crowd listened to Mark talk about our King. Couldn't ask for much more.

Please pray for:
- Our physical health! It is sick season and it has hit the Salazar kids. Please pray for physical healing for Shadrach and Moriah (especially Shad who has ear infections). Please pray for continued good health for Mark, Kristi, and I.
- Our first church service!!! Easter is fast approaching and we were so encouraged at Pump it Up to hear many families there were interested in coming! Please pray God would use us to be His hands and feet that weekend (April 23rd and 24th). May only His will be done! Pray for the missions teams that are coming out to help us and ultimately that the people of Indio would hear the Good News and understand.
- My job situation. I had a job interview this past week!! It's a position through the Riverside County Office of Education in Indio. I'm really interested in the job. Thursday and will keep you posted!

I'm so appreciative of all of you! Thank you for your prayers, presence, and support. May you experience how washed you are in His love today. He loves us so much, let Him love!