More than I Could Imagine pt. 1

Some time...something like two Octobers ago...my roommate convinced me that while it wasn't okay to be upset with God for not giving me what I wanted, that it was okay to ask God for things I would use.  So I did.  I made a little list...and I prayed.  And I forgot about it.  Time went on and I was thinking "ok, so my camera is broken and it makes me feel worthless and I'd like to get a kindle when I go back to the US, but I need to save $50...I'd also like a new laptop for recording and working with pictures/video...that should be at least $700, maybe $1000...that's unrealistic on $400 a month, so...oh well.  I will survive."

My relatives chipped in for an amazing camera that I've been using for a year now, and with which I've been getting some amazing pictures and videos.  And then my sister bought me a laptop that arrived here last May.  And for my birthday, my roommates and some friends pitched in together to get me a Kindle.

I also had heard that my old buddy Carl was getting married.  I decided, after missing my buddy Mikey's wedding and regretting it, that I didn't want to miss this one, but how to get there?  It didn't seem realistic.  So I prayed about it, and told Carl and my sister, who lives near by, and they chipped in to buy me a ticket.  And this is the note that I had been planning to write since last October!   Whereas I was down and out and thinking God didn't see me or care about my desires, he gave me everything I asked for and more.

So two weeks ago I spent a week in New England, played music and operated sound at Carl's wedding, nearly broke my ankle on a giant trampoline during the bachelor party, but most of all got to see and chat with Carl and Elizabeth and be a part of some amazing things.  I also ate Mexican food every day, ate American cold cereal, got to see Rhode Island and Istanbul for the first time, and went to that museum in New York that Night in the Museum is supposed to be at.  And I'm just so grateful, in awe that I God has given me all I could think to ask for and more.