Saturday, January 31, 2009
New Job
I start work Monday Feb. 2, at 8am. I am thankful and blessed, but also a little nervous. Mostly I am nervous about working full time. I need to carefully chose what to do and not to do. I have to be careful with my health. The Lord knows.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
New Job
Praise the Lord! I was offered a full time position at a Christian Childcare Center here in Surprise. I got the call this afternoon. Tomorrow I go and begin the paperwork process and I have to get a TB test. Once my TB test is cleared I can begin work. It takes 48 hours for the TB test to "incubate." I am hoping I can get the test tomorrow. Have it read Friday and begin work Monday. The Lord is good.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Much has happened this week.
First of all, WE ARE GOING TO MOLDOVA April 21st. The tickets are in our hands. (Actually they are in the safe.) We have been praying about going to Moldova for one year now. Our prayers are a reality, we have the tickets, we are going. It is almost unbelievable. Thank you Lord for allowing this opportunity to leave our country and go serve you, with our friends, in another country.
Secondly, in light of the fact that we are going to Moldova it has been difficult to decide what to do about applying for jobs for me. We need for me to work, but when you apply for a job and go for an interview it is difficult to say, "by the way, I am leaving the country for 3.5 weeks on a missions trip." Well, I have struggled and struggled with how that would work out. I keep applying for jobs. However, there has been only two responses. One was this morning when the census takers called me. I have to go test in February. The other was an immediate response for an interview after I handed my application to the director of a Christian Childcare Center here in Surprise. I applied for a teaching position. The interview was Thursday. I am always nervous when I interview. I had been preparing and praying all morning and the two previous days. I have been asking the Lord to open or close the door according to His will. I want to be where He wants me to be. So, as I headed to the interview I turned on the CD in the van. The song was "God is in Control." I was so blessed by the song all the way to the interview. As soon as I began conversing with the director I relaxed and was myself. The interview went very well. She told me to tell me about myself and I told her about my family and husband and said that we are going on a missions trip for 3 1/2 weeks. The director said, "we understand those things. We support commitments that have to do with church." She said "the world doesn't understand those commitments, but we do." That was refreshing. I had said to several people, ahead of time, that if this job doesn't understand our commitment, no one would. They did and they appreciated that I told them up front. The interview was a good time of conversation between the director, assistant director and myself. I was blessed by the experience. They said I would hear from them by the middle of next week.
Other than that I have almost caught up on the business paper work and done things around the house, read a book, etc. this week.
Secondly, in light of the fact that we are going to Moldova it has been difficult to decide what to do about applying for jobs for me. We need for me to work, but when you apply for a job and go for an interview it is difficult to say, "by the way, I am leaving the country for 3.5 weeks on a missions trip." Well, I have struggled and struggled with how that would work out. I keep applying for jobs. However, there has been only two responses. One was this morning when the census takers called me. I have to go test in February. The other was an immediate response for an interview after I handed my application to the director of a Christian Childcare Center here in Surprise. I applied for a teaching position. The interview was Thursday. I am always nervous when I interview. I had been preparing and praying all morning and the two previous days. I have been asking the Lord to open or close the door according to His will. I want to be where He wants me to be. So, as I headed to the interview I turned on the CD in the van. The song was "God is in Control." I was so blessed by the song all the way to the interview. As soon as I began conversing with the director I relaxed and was myself. The interview went very well. She told me to tell me about myself and I told her about my family and husband and said that we are going on a missions trip for 3 1/2 weeks. The director said, "we understand those things. We support commitments that have to do with church." She said "the world doesn't understand those commitments, but we do." That was refreshing. I had said to several people, ahead of time, that if this job doesn't understand our commitment, no one would. They did and they appreciated that I told them up front. The interview was a good time of conversation between the director, assistant director and myself. I was blessed by the experience. They said I would hear from them by the middle of next week.
Other than that I have almost caught up on the business paper work and done things around the house, read a book, etc. this week.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
An Update.
What a blessing to have Joy, Phil and Tony here for five days. We had such a wonderful time. We went to the White Tank Mountains and had a picnic, we went to Wickenburg and to Cave Creek. We enjoyed playing, visiting and eating of course. We got to begin a relationship with our precious grandson and show him off to everyone. It was such a huge blessing to spend the time with all three of them. God is so loving to allow us that time.
On top of that everything is set for our Moldova trip. Last year it was a prayer. This year it is a reality. We are leaving April 21st and will return May 17th. This is a trip of a life time for Skip and I. We are looking forward to serving the Lord and to the adventure. Neither of us has been out of the United States, except to briefly go into Canada and Mexico. Thank you Lord for the opportunity to do a short term missions trip, to serve you and to see another part of the world. Skip and I noticed one another on a missionary trip to New Mexico back in 1978. We married in 1979. We have always wanted to do short term missions trips so that Skip could use his many talents to help missionaries with their facilities. He is so talented to be able to fix and build almost anything, usually out of nothing. After 29 years of marriage we now get to fulfill one of our dreams. To God be the Glory. Thank you Lord for being faithful, even when I am unfaithful.
On top of that everything is set for our Moldova trip. Last year it was a prayer. This year it is a reality. We are leaving April 21st and will return May 17th. This is a trip of a life time for Skip and I. We are looking forward to serving the Lord and to the adventure. Neither of us has been out of the United States, except to briefly go into Canada and Mexico. Thank you Lord for the opportunity to do a short term missions trip, to serve you and to see another part of the world. Skip and I noticed one another on a missionary trip to New Mexico back in 1978. We married in 1979. We have always wanted to do short term missions trips so that Skip could use his many talents to help missionaries with their facilities. He is so talented to be able to fix and build almost anything, usually out of nothing. After 29 years of marriage we now get to fulfill one of our dreams. To God be the Glory. Thank you Lord for being faithful, even when I am unfaithful.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Birthday Surprise
Joy, Phil and Tony arrived yesterday to surprise me for my birthday. The best birthday present ever. Thank you Lord!
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Trip is Approved for Us To Go To Moldova.
We just received word from our Pastor that our trip to Moldova has been approved. The tickets are being finalized tomorrow. Praise the Lord.
Closer to ticket purchase
We are getting closer to purchasing our tickets. We know we can get them and how much they cost. The questions in the past two days have been. Can we stop in Germany and visit Adam and Laura at Black Forest Academy? Our flight takes us to Frankfurt which is not at all close to Black Forest Academy. We discovered that it is cost prohibitive for us to take a train to see Adam and Laura. So, our next question was, what about spending two nights in Frankfurt before coming back to the United States? We have found reasonable accommodations. Now we have to wait and see if our church approves our tickets and trip. There will be a meeting Tuesday regarding that. We know we will be flying from Phoenix to Chicago to Frankfurt to Chisinau.
It is in the Lord's hands. We are getting excited. Neither one of us has ever been out of the United States. This will be quite a trip for us.
It is in the Lord's hands. We are getting excited. Neither one of us has ever been out of the United States. This will be quite a trip for us.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Life is Interesting.
Life is interesting because it appears as if the Lord has provided the money for us to go to Moldova. We have to get the final tally, hopefully, tomorrow. We need to purchase our tickets for the trip. I need to find a job. I am applying for jobs, but it is doubtful anyone will hire me because I have a commitment to leave the country for 3-4 weeks. If they won't hire me will it prevent me from being hired in the future. We need prayer for wisdom. The Lord has it all in control, but it is hard to know what He is doing.
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