On the Hunt!

Well, it's been almost three weeks since I graduated from college. Three weeks of job hunting on a few different fronts. And let me tell you, it is NOT FUN.

First off, I've been trying to find a job here in the U.S. so that I can save up some money. This has not been going well. I live in a small town and don't have any form of transportation, so there are few job openings that I can apply for. I haven't found a job yet, which is sort of concerning me because I'm not sure I'll have enough money to get to Taiwan. But I'm still trusting God...if He wants me in Taiwan, He'll make a way for it to happen!

I've also been applying for jobs in Taiwan. That's basically all I've been doing for almost three days straight, but I also have been working on it casually for the past couple of weeks. So far, I have applied for 21 jobs in Taipei. One of those has to work out, right? I sure hope so.

Other than that, I've been doing some research online about what kind of visa I need and how to get it and how that whole process works. I'm still a little confused but I'll figure it out eventually.

All in all, I've been getting very excited to go back to Taiwan. It's my passion right now. I'm trying to be ok with the fact that God could pull me in a different direction. I don't want to accept that what I want to do might not be what God wants me to do, but I'm really trying to be ok with it.

So I'll leave you with a few more pictures from my last trip to Taiwan so you can see a little bit more of why I love the place so much :) 

 A street near the school I taught at during my internship.

 A rooftop prayer garden on the roof of a realllllyy big church I attended. 

 Signs outside of bathrooms that tell you which stalls are available. 

 Mango shaved ice...DELISH.

 The spiciest noodles EVER at Din Tai Fung.

 Cute little lizard friends outside our rooms. 

 MRT advertisements we couldn't understand and therefore assumed had something to do with Santa Claus.

 Fruits I've never heard of before but are DELICIOUS.

 Bathroom-themed restaurants.

 More delicious noodles. 

 The most delicious coconut you could ever find...subtropical climates have their perks, even though the humidity is killer.

 Local cover bands that play anything from Queen to Justin Bieber to Richie Ren at the local brewery.

Gondolas that take you high into the mountains to visit mountainside tea houses. Beautiful.