Voy a la Mexico?

I want you guys to help me pray about something...

Lately, I've been feeling like God has something bigger out there for me to do. So, I've been praying about this for a few months. This is what made me decide to start looking for a different career back in August. I just had this nagging feeling that I'm just not really where God wants me.

Well, around the same time, Katie started talking about going to Mexico for a few months. Every time I see her (which is like every other day), she asks me about going with her. When she first brought it up, I had just started looking for another job. I had an interview scheduled and I was pretty confident that I would be hired on somewhere soon. So I told Katie there was no way, unless for some reason I didn't have a job by January. I seriously doubted that would happen though..I just knew I'd be hired on that week. =)

It's been 2 months now. 2 months of applying for different jobs with no luck - 2 months of Katie putting the pressure on me - 2 months of feeling like God really has something else out there for me.

I haven't been able to get my mind off of Mexico. I've really been thinking ( and praying) about going. I've been weighing the pros and cons associated with going at this point in my life.

Some thoughts against it...

• I'm trying to start a career, so leaving for 3 months wouldn't sped up that process.


• I've already had my time in Africa ~ so this missions thing should be out of my system.


• I have a lot of responsibilities that I'm not sure about leaving


• I have been saving up money for a new car and leaving for a few months isn't going to help that....
  

On the other hand..

• Can 3 months really hurt my career in the long run?


• This is probably the only way I will ever be fluent in Spanish


• Being fluent in Spanish would open a whole lot of doors in my career in International Business (i know, duh right?)


• When I'm 35 and settled, will I wish I had gone?


• Is my career even that important? I'm only career oriented to an extent. I don't want to work when I have kids and there's more to life than work...career definitely isn't first on my priority list.

When I think about those last few, my reasons against going seem pretty puny. I can't think of how I would regret going later on in life....the career aspect really isn't all that important in the long run....and why not get a new car next summer when I get back?

Right now, I'm kind of leaning toward going to Mexico in February and coming home at the beginning of May. I haven't talked to the missionaries in that area yet though. So, I just don't know. I really want to do what God wants so would y'all mind praying with me?