Why I believe God exists.

So if you read the post before this, you know that my plane ticket was cancelled and that it was a big crazy disaster and I was at risk of death by panicky drama attacks.

Which is a terrible way to die. Everyone laughs at your funeral.

I lost that ticket, it seems, because I had asked God to make it apparent that He was in this missions trip with me. God, being the loving, almighty god that He is, decided to have a little fun with me, and even more so, my mother.

So Orbitz cancelled the tickets. The $2100 tickets I had already informed people of, the tickets I was basing the next 5 months of my life on. I had to inform Mrs. Thelander (and an email group consisting of about 85% of the english speaking population of Gabon) that I had lost that flight.

They thought that that was just peachy keen, and assured me that I would undoubtedly glean a "cool story" (actual words) from this experience. They also called me bro. (not really)

Mrs. Thelander offered me the name and contact information of a travel agent that they had used in the past. I sent him an e-mail, asking him what he could do and for how much, bla bla bla.

He sent an email back that basically said "I've already done the work for you. I found a sweet ticket for just under $2000, but then I decided that wasn't awesome enough so I found one for $1500. This is the lowest price I have ever seen for a flight to and from Gabon. In fact it's likely a pricing error, but if it's there, we can book it."

Long story short, someone said "cool story bro" to me, and then I found 500 dollars. This paragraph is written with my favorite Denglers in mind. :)

So God is good. And real. And that's what I love about Him.