I will be here for a bit longer

About three months ago, I found out that I did not get the job in NYC, but I do know that I tried everything I could to get the job. I tried my hardest, was definently qualified for the job, and was ready to go, but God has other plans. I was a little bummed out that I won't be working on my teaching degree, but at the same time, "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." eccl 3:1
I am excited about living here longer and being able to see more of Europe, like going to Italy, Prague, Budapest, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, and even back to Ireland. Who knows, maybe I'll live here for the rest of my life (ya right!!!).
What I do know, is that I am placed right here and right now, to make an impact in people's lives that I come in contact with everyday. I am eagerly seeking God's will and face and am trying to walk where He wants me to go. That is the place I desire to be most of all. I could just go back to America and get a teaching degree at home, but God wants me here. I am finally making roots here and really allowing my life to intertwine with others.
If you have any encouragement, testimonies that may help, please feel free to share them. I'm open to hearing from all of you!!!!

How do we follow God's will

This past weekend, my church homegroup took a trip to Sulton-on-Stour, which is by Oxford for a weekend retreat. So many times we get stuck into a routine that leads us emptier and emptier, as the weeks go on and we need to get out of our surroundings to see things with a different perspective.
I went away this weekend expecting to have good fun, fellowship and rest, and what I didn't expect was for God to truly reveal himself to me. We had a guest speaker by the name of Greg Brewer who is a vicar at a huge church in Philadelphia. He is on sabbadical for a month here in the uk and is staying with janet and her husband who was our main speaker for the weekend.
Anyway, God showed himself to me in a huge way. He first of all showed me that I am not just wasting my time here in the UK but am going through a prunning process in which He is showing me things about myself that are not good and that need to be changed. He is showing me things in my life (lies) that have been told to me even from when I was really young, that is hindering my witness and my relationship with Him. He wants to take these things and reveal them in His light so that these strongholds don't have anymore holds on me.
I've always felt in my life that I was never good enough, never pretty enough, never smart enough. I felt that I always had to try harder to be anything. I always felt as if I was second best.
God showed me this weekend that by digging into his word and spending time with him, surround myself by people who are willing to challenge me and walk with me, and by also getting involved in a church where you can serve and meet other christians, He and His Body (the church) will help you dig these dark, deep secrets up and be able to let Him begin to Heal your heart/mind/soul.
We as christians need to get involved with the body (church) and need to make time to spend with God and those who we can be truly honest and open with, to really learn who we are and learn how to be more like Him.
I encourage all of you to find an amazing church and group of believers you can share your life with, and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, make time for the ONE who loves you the most and wants to have a relationship with you (JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD)!!!!!