God's Calling...is it worth it?

I was telling this tale to a friend/mentor from church, who I work with too, and she asked a very interesting question: "Is all of this worth it?" For the first time in my life, and without hesitation, I threw up my hands and said "It is God's Calling." And that really is what it comes down to. This is God's Calling on my life, right here, right now, and no matter what I have to go through, it is what I'm supposed to do. There is no doubt in my mind about my decision to go. That is a good feeling. There are only a handful of times in my life where I've been this sure about doing something. So here I am Lord, Send me!

I feel like this whole process to work with PDA has been filled with drama. Or at least drama in my head. So here is a story for you:

I received the paperwork on Monday for the drug test...like any job, I have to go pee in a cup. One of the labs I could go to was right around the corner from work, so I thought "great I'll go after work today". I chugged water for the whole afternoon. Walked in with the print out of the paperwork that was supposed to be all that I needed to get this thing done. When it was my turn the woman at the desk said she couldn't administer the test because I didn't have the employer's address. Well the funny thing is, is that PDA is using another outside company to get this done so I have no idea which address I'm supposed to use. So the woman told me to come back the next morning.

I got up Tuesday morning, and showered without going to the bathroom first! And went back to the lab that was right around the corner from work. The woman that was at the lab that morning said that all I needed was the paperwork, and that i really didn't need any other information. But her computer wouldn't open the program she needed to successfully do this type of drug test. But she'll take my sample anyway and can still get the results. So when I get to work, and the power came back on, I e-mailed the 2 women involved in all the logistics of me being able to go down and rebuild New Orleans.

I got out of office replies from both women who are in the Midwest and their offices were closed due to ice storms. At about 3:15pm I got an e-mail telling me that that lab I went to that morning shouldn't have taken the sample and that I had to find another, yes a different lab from the list to go to and do it all over again!!!! At this point I was livid! My time is limited as it is on Tuesdays, I had no idea how I was going to fit it in.

Needless to say I got it done, and everything will be okay!