After putting out several applications and resumes with little to no response,  I began wondering if I was going to hear back from any of them. As I found out, God works differently from me. I was expecting to read an ad or job posting to find the job that God had for me but to my surprise, I ended up finding about this job from a girl at my church. I wasn't going to pursue it since it wasn't an official job posting- merely a possibility of an opening. My mom felt differently and told her to give my name to her employer in case they decided to hire someone.  Well, turns out that they did want to hire someone. God works quickly as I have seen in various circumstances. In this instance, I heard about the possibility on Sunday, was given a number to call to speak with the boss to discuss my qualifications on Wednesday, went down for a pre-interview and tour on Friday, official interview and volunteer a half day on Monday, was given the job on Wednesday and I start Monday. So from the time I heard about a possible job to the first day on the job was 2 weeks. I never cease to be amazed at God's work!

 By now, you are probably wondering what is this job anyway?? Well, it is a front office position at a clinic that does orthotics (including various braces) and prosthetics. This is my first real 9-5 job. All my other jobs have had strange hours beginning anywhere between 4 am and 7:30am. It is taking a little to get used to. My big joke now is that my mom will have to start making dinners since I have been the one making them for quite awhile now. So far, I have yet to see my mom make dinner more than two nights since I started at the beginning of last week. As a result, we have had late dinners which we have all decided that we don't care for too much. Maybe we will be able to work something out...

Even though I was supposed to start working only about 6 hour days the workload kept all of us busy for the full 8 hours and for the trained people- some stay even later. It has been quite a big ordeal to learn everything I need to but it is getting a little easier. Yet I still have so much to learn! My official job title is client intake consultant which includes answering phones checking clients in and out collecting monies and eventually scheduling, but they are not having me do a whole lot of that until I am more comfortable with the other responsibilities and understand them. I must say, I really appreciated the weekend when it came.


God has been preparing me for this job for quite awhile. A lot of the work I will be doing, I have been doing at CareNet Pregnancy Center. As a result of my new schedule, I will have to give up my volunteer time here. I am sad that I won't be able to be there anymore, but am excited to begin this new phase of my life.

You know, job hunting can be the most frustrating things I have ever done. Well, that's an overstatement. I'd rather so that than have to deal with a spoiled rotten child that only understands no when they say it to you. But besides that, it feels like shooting arrows into the dark that you never see where or if they land on the mark. All I need is one positive response, but it seems near impossible to get that. So what do I do? I put our more applications! With my luck, I will get several responses at once and then still won;t know what to do. It's difficult to describe the person you are by filling out an application and sending a resume. Anyone can say anything- but unless you see them in action, how do you know what kind of a person they are really like?? People are always telling me I will have no problem getting a job, but apparently I have to find out what will get them to even look at me. Well, maybe I just need to be patient and wait- I don't know...