even in the small stuff.

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Location: Irvine. The University of California Irvine.
Time: Everybody's favorite week: finals week. *
Main Characters: Emily Fenton, Nagai Sensee, The Lord
Mood: Thankful.

(*I actually really enjoy finals week.)
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Yesterday afternoon at approximately 1:15pm, I set out of my dorm to take my Japanese Final. I was excited for a test of such an enjoyable topic. As I neared my bike, I contemplated if riding it to class would be the best way to travel. It would make sense to take it this day, just as I had done every single morning for the past 10 weeks. But this afternoon I kept walking. Because I had a few extra minutes, and for reasons not yet understood, I decided to take the scenic route by foot. I continued walking in a direction away from the path my bike traditionally took. After minutes of continuing on this new path, I bumped into... none other than Nagai sensee, my Japanese teacher! We exchanged hellos, and I started continuing down my path. But I noticed sensee had a different intended direction. "Where is she going?" I questioned silently. Nagai sensee went left, not straight. But class is this way, sensee... She appraoched a building with every intention of entering. Now why would sensee be going inside that strange building only 10 minutes before a very importan.... Oh my! That building, not... the final is... oh. wow. Lord, thank you! God, you just saved me from visiting the wrong classroom and nearly missing my Japanese final! Oh, my. You changed my path so I would find the correct location! As it turned out, the location for the new classroom was posted on the website. I had read this information countless times, but nevr processed it correctly. I followed sensee into the new classroom with releif. I'm not sure what I would have done if I had arrived to an empty classroom on the other side of campus, but I'm certainly glad the Lord didn't let me find out.

Taking a Japanese final is not the largest issue in the world. God did not need to save me in such a situation. But I think he delights in revealing Himself, even in the small stuff.
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